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Health concern grows as leptospirosis threatens displaced families in Gaza

Ghada Ebrahim
Press TV, Gaza City

Gaza's displaced face outbreak of Leptospirosis amid overcrowded camps and poor sanitation.

The disease is transmitted when flood water contaminated with rodent droppings comes into contact with open wounds, particularly among children who play barefoot. As Press TV's Ghada Ebrahem reports, five cases of this bacterial infection have been diagnosed.


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