Claim: Are you at risk of catching leptospirosis when drinking from a tin can? No, ignore false warning
Fact-check: Are you at risk of catching leptospirosis when drinking from a tin can? No, ignore false warning
Verdict: the claim that dried mouse urine found on tin cans could infect people with leptospira has resurfaced on facebook. but the bacteria that causes the infectious disease can't survive on dry surfaces.
Organisation: Africa Check
Author: Geruza Bumba
Date published: 2023-04-26T00:00:00