Is itchy eyes a new coronavirus?

Itchy eyes are not necessarily caused by the new coronavirus infection, after the new coronavirus infection, the patient is mostly dry cough, fever, fatigue as its main manifestations, some patients can be accompanied by chest tightness and shortness of breath or even respiratory difficulties. A few patients may have atypical clinical manifestations, such as nasal congestion, sneezing, sore throat, as well as diarrhea, muscle pain, etc. Therefore, itchy eyes is not a common clinical manifestation of the new coronavirus. However, it should be noted that the transmission of the new coronavirus has a contact transmission, this time the patient may touch the virus contaminated objects, through the contaminated hand touching the eyes or rubbing the eyes, resulting in the new coronavirus through the conjunctiva into the body and be infected by the new coronavirus, the patient may be accompanied by the formation of conjunctivitis, which is manifested as itchy eyes, and should be identified accordingly. Therefore, for patients with epidemiologic history, when abnormal manifestations occur, it is necessary to improve the blood routine, chest CT, and respiratory specimens of the new coronavirus nucleic acid test at an early stage, in order to exclude the presence of the new coronavirus infection.