Researchers solve another piece of the puzzle around how the disease moves through the body.
Researchers using animal models have confirmed COVID-19 can affect the eyes, causing inflammation of the retina leading to blurred vision and poor depth perception.
The research leader said the study confirmed anecdotal reports of people with eye problems from COVID-19 infections as well as post-mortem results showing viral particles in the eyes and optical nerves. In humans, the issue also appeared to be a rare effect of COVID-19, much less common than other effects on non-respiratory organs such as the heart or the olfactory nerve which leads to loss of smell.However he said it was important to discover how COVID-19 affected other parts of the body.
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