Cambridge students told to stay out of river

(IANS) Students of Cambridge University cover been warn to stay out of the Cam river after a couple of them were detect with a potentially terminal water-borne disease. The Weil's disease is extending by animal urine in water, and two students had to be in use to hospital after they showed symptom of the disease, the Telegraph reported.

The bacterial disease - also called leptospirosis - is contracted when infected water comes into contact with eyes or broken skin. University students usually jump into the river after celebrating the end of exams. But nurses at the university report a rise in the number of pupils complaining of vomiting and diarrhoea, leading to establishment warning students not to enter the water.

Mark Wormald, chairman of the university's not compulsory group on communicable diseases, alert students in an email.Weil's disease is unusual in Britain with just 40 cases diagnose annually. Still one or two people die each year of the disease.