Could COVID Be Behind the Pink-Eye Epidemic?

'Conjunctivitis is a known symptom of COVID,' Paul R. Hunter, a professor in medicine at the University of East Anglia, told Newsweek.

As Pakistan battles with a conjunctivitis, which has seen nearly 400,000 people since the start of the year infected, speculation has arisen as to what might be driving the virus's spread.The outbreak of pink eye saw over 50,000 schools shuttered at the start of October in an attempt to stem the spread of the viral infection.Conjunctivitis is an inflammation of the mucous membrane covering the front of the eye and eyelids, usually caused by a bacterial or viral infection.

'There is therefore no real evidence supporting COVID causing the outbreak in Pakistan. Adenoviruses are a much more common cause of conjunctivitis, making it more likely that the outbreak is caused by one of these.'Daily reported cases of COVID-19 have been relatively low in Pakistan over the last few weeks,' Sarah Pitt, a lecturer in microbiology and biomedical science at the University of Brighton, England, told Newsweek.

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