Rabies outbreak leaves one dead

Rabies outbreak leaves one dead

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Fifty-four people have been infected
with rabies in Ende regency, East Nusa Tenggara, over the past
several weeks, with one death.

To stop the spread of the virus, government officials are
vaccinating thousands of dogs and monkeys, and killing those
animals suspected of carrying the virus, said M. Littik, the head
of the provincial animal husbandry office.

There was an outbreak of rabies in Lembata regency in January
that also killed one person, M. Littik said on Thursday.

Rabies has killed 128 people in the past eight years in eight
regencies in the province, including Manggarai, Sikka, Ngada and
Ende. -- JP