The Department of Health (DOH) warned the public against wading or swimming in dirty floodwaters to avoid leptospirosis, an infectious bacterial disease that occurs in rodents, dogs and other mammals and can be transmitted to humans.
“Avoid swimming or wading in potentially contaminated waters or floodwaters,” DOH spokesperson Dr. Lyndon Lee-Suy said on Sunday.
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