Rat urine disease cluster suspected at Jasin Hot Springs, 33 ill

Thirty-three people, including students and teachers from a school in Malacca, are suspected of being infected with leptospirosis, or rat urine disease, after visiting Jasin Hot Springs last week.

Melaka Health director Dr Ruzita Mustaffa said that on June 7, the Melaka Tengah District Health Office was informed that a group of students from a school in the Melaka Tengah district experienced symptoms of fever, cough, cold, and muscle aches after undergoing water therapy at the hot springs two days earlier.