- Australian professors suggest eye protection can help protect against Covid
- Professor Peter Collignon said it would make help decrease transmission
- Studies show airborne viruses can infect people by entering body through eyes
By Eliza Mcphee For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 11:21 AEDT, 20 January 2022 | Updated: 12:16 AEDT, 20 January 2022
Australian professors have urged residents and health workers to wear eye protection to help stop the spread of Covid, suggesting face masks may not be enough.
Research conducted by UNSW ophthalmologist Professor Minas Coroneo and infectious disease expert Professor Peter Collignon suggested that focusing on the mouth and nose may have left people more vulnerable to catching the virus.
They explained droplets from the virus can enter the respiratory system through the eyes.
‘Still a lot of discussion on different face masks. But we are still missing a much bigger point,’ Professor Collignon tweeted on Wednesday.
‘Protect your eyes. Will make a lot more difference to decreasing community transmission than mask debate.
