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Why was a child who was suffering from conjunctivitis sent home by her teacher?

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Conjunctivitis is a communicable disease easily transmitted from person to person on contact with eye secretions of infected person. It involves inflammation of the conjunctiva. So, to prevent infection of other students with the same, the teacher sent the infected child home.

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