This is suggestive that infection may occur via the eyes. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30313-5/fulltext https://www.thela

This is suggestive that infection may occur via the eyes. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30313-5/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6... > On Jan 22, Guangfa Wang, a member of the national expert panel on pneumonia, reported that he was infected by 2019-nCoV during the inspection in Wuhan.2 > He wore an N95 mask but did not wear anything to protect his eyes. Several days before the onset of pneumonia, Wang complained of redness of the eyes. Unprotected exposure of the eyes to 2019-nCoV in the Wuhan Fever Clinic might have allowed the virus to infect the body.2