To the Editor, The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic started as an outbreak in Wuhan and spread from there to the rest of the world. The lungs are the site primarily affected by COVID‐19 and the severe form of the disease is characterized by severe pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and hypercoagulation. 1

Until now, the exact transmission route of COVID‐19 remains unclear. The respiratory tract probably is not the only transmission route for this viral infection; some authors hypothesized that COVID‐19 droplets, or infected hands, can also contaminate the conjunctiva, that could represent the initial site of a spread infection. 2 The conjunctivitis, also called “Pink eye,” is a frequent disease and its etiology could be bacterial or viral. This has been previously described as associated to coronavirus infection in humans and animals. 3