Quezon City LGU gives evacuees antibiotics for leptospirosis treatment

QUEZON CITY, Philippines — A total of 342 individuals received free doxycycline antibiotics at the Manresa evacuation center in Quezon City from the local government’s health department on Tuesday. Doxycycline is an antibiotic used to treat or prevent leptospirosis, which may be contracted from animal urine present in floodwater. According to an employee of the