Corneal blindness is the fourth leading cause of blindness worldwide, with 10 million people having bilateral corneal blindness, nearly 80% of all corneal blindness cases are avoidable and are reversible. Corneal transplantation (CT) is the most frequently performed type of transplant across the world. This review was conducted with the objective of identifying if it is safe to harvest the cornea from the patients died due to COVID-19 and preventing the chances of transmission from donor to the recipient or healthcare worker handling the harvested cornea. A total of 45 articles were found with the keywords and out of all, only 16 fulfilled the inclusion criteria. RT-PCR is the technique of choice for detection of virus in the corpse and the sample analyzed was a pharyngeal swab. Available literature states unavailability of sufficient evidence-based studies proving presence of virus in the cornea or tear of COVID affected patients There is no proven consensus on presence of Virus in cornea. It is important to follow preferred practice guidelines so as to restart eye banking and do at least the emergency surgeries without having risk of disease transmission and keeping ourselves safe.
UNSTRUCTURED People from 3 districts of Andhra Pradesh, India were struck by a mysterious disease on Saturday December 05th, 2020. Epileptic like symptoms were present and most common differential diagnosis which can be made as of now is to classify them under Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) or some form of heavy metal or insecticide poisoning affecting the Central Nervous System (CNS). To understand the reason behind the sudden illness blood tests, CT (brain) scans and Cerebral Spinal Fluid (CSF) tests were done on patients but all test reports have turned out to be normal. Approximately 600 cases and 1 death are reported till 13th December 2020. Majority of the victims were in the 20- 30 years age groups. All the patients followed the same sequence of events having dizziness, headache, nausea, foam in mouth and epilepsy-like symptoms. Serological, viral markers and radiological findings along with COVID-19 reports were negative/ normal. Symptomatic management was provided, and patient recovered without any neurological abnormality. High levels of Lead and Nickel were found in the blood samples of some patients. This is the first report as it provides preliminary findings of the mysterious disease. More information will provide further clarity about the outbreak
The outbreak of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was initially noticed in a seafood market in Wuhan city in Hubei Province of China in mid-December 2019 which has now spread to 223 countries/territories/areas worldwide. World Health Organization (WHO) under International Health Regulations (IHR) has declared this outbreak as a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on 30th January 2020 subsequently declared a pandemic on 11th March 2020.
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