Measures for contact lens wearers:
✔️ All wearers: wash your hands thoroughly using soap and water for at least 20 seconds then dry with a paper towel, especially before every lens application and removal. Avoid direct contact of water with your contact lenses.
✔️ All wearers: avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands.
✔️ All wearers: dispose of your lenses to the recommended schedule (eg every day, every two weeks or every month).
✔️ All wearers: discontinue wear if you are unwell, especially with any cold or flu-like symptoms.
✔️ Users of reusable contact lenses: thoroughly clean and disinfect your lenses each day with the care products recommended by your contact lens practitioner.
✔️ Users of reusable contact lenses: clean your storage case daily and replace regularly.
✔️ There is currently no evidence to suggest an increased risk of contracting COVID-19 through contact lens wear compared to spectacle lens wear.
✔️ There is no evidence that contact lens wearers who are asymptomatic should cease contact lens wear due to an increased risk of developing COVID-19.
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Source: IACL International Association of Contact Lens Educators.