With councils closing recycling centres, and dustcart teams threatening to down tools because of coronavirus, the rodents are swarming in to feast. The fear is the rats, some more than a foot long, will sneak into homes and spread crippling Weil's disease and other illnesses through their urine. "Public health pests such as rodents, cockroaches and house flies are known to carry bacteria and can pass this on to people." (Image: Twitter)"Repair any leaking pipes, outside taps etc, as standing water can attract many different types of pests, including rats and, as the weather warms, mosquitoes. This is particularly important if pests are present, to clean any bacterial residues left behind should they pass over them."

Source: Daily Mirror March 30, 2020 12:49 UTC