Why are medical staff at higher risk of infection?
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Updated: 2020-03-13 08:39
Why have many medical workers, with all the protective gear they wear, been infected by the virus while few family members of patients contracted the disease?
It is because the aerosol produced in the process of intubation of pneumonia patients is highly contagious. It heightens the risk of medical workers contracting the virus.
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