Doc: Malaysians need to be more civic conscious


PETALING JAYA: The more serious cases of leptospirosis tend to occur in waterfalls or river picnic areas, says Datuk Dr Christopher Lee, the Health Ministry national adviser on infectious diseases.

“We, Malaysians, don’t clean up after ourselves well. We leave food containers behind which can attract rats that then contaminate the water,” he said.

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