A member asked:

Can covid-19 penetrate through open cut in hand and be harmful to body?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

NO: Covid is a respiratory virus - so it would enter through the nose, mouth or eyes and interacts with a particular type of cell.

Answered 5/27/2020

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