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Cancer patients ‘much more susceptible to COVID’

LPN Holli Morrison takes a blood pressure reading Friday, Oct. 9, 2020, at The Longstreet Cancer Center. Some cancer patients are more susceptible to COVID because their immune system can be weakened by the cancer and its treatments. - photo by Scott Rogers

CANCERcovid 1.jpg — LPN Holli Morrison takes a blood pressure reading Friday, Oct. 9, 2020, at The Longstreet Cancer Center. Some cancer patients are more susceptible to COVID because their immune system can be weakened by the cancer and its treatments. - photo by Scott Rogers

As community members take precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19, cancer patients should take extra precautions to avoid contracting the virus, according to health care professionals.