Diseases that spread on direct contact with a sick person is called ____________

Communicable diseases are those diseases that are spread from person to person. It spread when a person comes in contact with an ill person. And there are numerous ways through which these diseases spread such as sneezing, coughing, the transmission of blood, etc. A disease that considers communicable diseases are Cold, Covid-19, AIDS, Chickenpox, etc. We can prevent ourselves from these diseases in such ways as we can keep distance from a sick person and can wash hands regularly.