Philippines: 2025 Leptospirosis

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/tops...ospital/story/


7 leptospirosis patients die in San Lazaro Hospital
By GMA Integrated News
Published August 5, 2025 8:12pm

The San Lazaro Hospital in Manila has recorded seven deaths due to leptospirosis in the first five days of August.

According to Maki Pulido’s Tuesday report on “24 Oras,” among the fatalities is a 16-year-old teenager who died due to acute renal or kidney failure.

A doctor at San Lazaro noted that all seven fatalities waded through the floods caused by the continuous downpour brought by the Southwest Monsoon (Habagat) and tropical cyclones...

[Shiloh]

Source: https://en.tempo.co/read/2036226/lep...id-heavy-rains

Leptospirosis Cases Surge in Philippines, India Amid Heavy Rains
Reporter I Kadek Adi Dwipayana
August 5, 2025 | 01:33 pm


TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines reported 3,037 cases of leptospirosis between January 1 and July 19, 2025.

The disease, which spreads through contact with urine from infected rats carrying Leptospira bacteria, often surges during floods as contaminated water facilitates transmission.

Of the total cases, 1,114 occurred within six weeks following the start of the rainy season, which had been declared by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA).

Cases continued to rise into late July. According to the Department of Health on Saturday, July 2, hospitals across the Philippines recorded 569 new leptospirosis cases between July 13 and 31, as reported by GMA News...