Warning as 10 die from rat disease
The latest reported death from the bacterial disease leptospirosis was on Saturday.
A 17-year-old youth in northern Kedah state had swum in a river and had a picnic with friends at a recreational park last month, the New Straits Times and The Star reported.
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Hide AdSeveral parks throughout the country have been closed since the first deaths were reported last month. Some deaths were believed to have been caused by a separate waterborne disease, and a Health Ministry official could not immediately say how many were due to leptospirosis.
Cases of the disease have been increasing in Malaysia. It killed 62 people last year.