Leptosipirosis

PENANG BOTANICAL GARDEN RIVER CONTAMINATED BY LEPTOSPIROSIS VIRUS

GEORGE TOWN, June 7 (Bernama) -- The river water at the Penang Botanical
Garden has been found to be contaminated with the leptospirosis virus.
Timur Laut Environmental Health senior assistant officer Alexander Selvam
advised visitors not to bath or play in the river.
"The area has not been closed to the public. But signboard warnings have
already been put up," he told reporters today.
So far no one has been infected by the virus. The health office would be
monitoring the situation, he added.
Meanwhile, park director Datuk Tengku Idaura Tengku Ibrahim said signboards
were put up near the river immediately after the alert.



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http://www.2ndchance.info/leptospirosis.htm