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Pneumonia query

2016-07-31 18:22:09
My wife is suffering from pneumonia . What precautions should I follow to prevent MYSELF from the infection?
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Hello.. Well pneumonia is Lowe respiratory tract infection and you will not contract it easily through the patient..still you can make sure that you cover your mouth well..it's not a droplet infection or related to spread like that...so need not worry...thank you

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