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Coronavirus nurse warns red eyes are telltale sign of Covid-19 disease
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A nurse treating coronavirus patients at a care home in the US has shared a common symptom that all of the infected have shared so far.
Chelsey Earnest, who works at Life Care Center in Kirkland, Washington state, said all of the patients at the home had red eyes.
The centre has so far seen 129 patients and staff become sick, with 35 confirmed deaths. Chelsey said redness around the eyes was the most important sign someone was infected with the virus.
She added that if she told a doctor somebody had red eyes, a hospital bed was made ready for them. Speaking to CNN from the epicentre of Washington's outbreak, she said: "It's something that I witnessed in all of the patients. "They have allergy eyes.
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