Mumbai citizens warned to take antibiotics after heavy rains
Fearing a Leptospirosis outbreak after the heavy rains in Mumbai, civic authorities have issued an advisory message cautioning citizens to take preventive antibiotic medicines within 72 hours of contact with contaminated water. The risk of contracting Leptospirosis, caused by a harmful water-borne bacteria present in the urine of infected animals, had increased after the heavy rains this season.n