Personnel of the Mandaue City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office check on one of the flooded areas in Mandaue City. | Bantay Mandaue file photo MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – With the massive flooding that is experienced when there is a heavy downpour, two lady legislators in Mandaue City have raised a concern on the dangers of leptospirosis. Councilor Nerissa Soon-Ruiz, who is a medical doctor by profession, said that flooding increases the risk of leptospirosis. For her part, Councilor Editha Cabahug, raised a concern on children and young adults who play and even swim in floodwaters.

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