(HBO) - Rabies is a dangerous infectious disease in animals subject to epidemic declaration and also in the list of animal-human transmission diseases. In 2017, no rabies-related deaths were reported. However, in the first five months of this year, there were four deaths in the districts of Ky Son, Luong Son, Cao Phong and Da Bac.



After a dog bite, Bui Thi Hien from Hien Luong commune (Da Bac) took a vaccination against rabies at the provincial preventive medicine centre.

The number of people who received rabies preventive treatment since the beginning of the year has so far reached 94, an increase of more than 15 percent over the same period in 2017. All the four dead patients, three of them under 15 years old, did not receive preventive treatment after being bitten.

 The main source of rabies transmission is dogs not vaccinated against rabies. Unvaccinated dogs affect the immunity of the whole dog community, which will facilitate the spread of the virus and hence transmit to human and other domestic animals. Human often catch rabies from pet dogs, and those who are bitten by rabies-infected dogs will die if they don’t seek preventive treatment from health care facilities. Therefore, giving dogs and cats shots against rabies is the most important solution.

 Luong Thanh Hai, Director of the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine Department, said that in 2017 and the first five months of 2018, the rate of rabies vaccination for dogs and cats in the province remained low. In 2017, it was 78.2 percent while the first five months was only 66.9 percent. Localities with low vaccination rates in 2017 included Mai Chau with 24.3 percent, Da Bac 32.8 percent, Luong Son 54.8 percent, and Yen Thuy 72 percent.

 Analysis by the provincial Steering Committee for Epidemic Prevention and Control concluded that the main reason behind the situation is the poor performance in the management of dogs in many localities in the province, especially in listing pet dogs, thus leaving them wander without control and bite people, especially in rural and remote areas./.

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