Abstract: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused a sustained global outbreak with extremely diverse clinical manifestations, affecting multiple organ systems throughout the body, including the eyes. Increasing evidence suggests that COVID-19 may replicate and spread within ocular tissues, leading to ocular symptoms. Ocular symptoms may occur in both the acute infection phase and the autoimmune inflammatory response phase of the infection caused by COVID-19, which may involve various ocular tissues (eyelids, conjunctival, cornea, sclera, lens,and other ocular tissues), presenting as inflammatory and vascular related clinical manifestations. Although whether COVID-19 is transmitted through the eyes is still controversial, protecting eye hygiene and avoiding eye contact with contaminants remains an important prevention and control measure.

Key words: COVID-19, infection, eye manifestations