Assessment of Coronavirus in the Conjunctival Tears in Pediatric Patients with Asymptomatic COVID-19 Infection in Sohag Government, Egypt

Objective: The present study aims to evaluate coronavirus shedding in the tears of asymptomatic pediatric COVID-19 positive patients. Methods: A prospective interventional that included a total 145 patients hospitalized from 17 th May 2020 16 July Sohag Tropical Hospital. On admission, all them were detected through nasopharyngeal swab. They intimate contact with symptomatic before testing and admission. Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was done for samples at an interval 5 days after admission twice discharge. Results: Of patients, no one showed ocular or systemic manifestations. silent carriers. Ten sample on became negative tear Conclusion: Pediatric can shed their tears. Even among transmission is possible.