Molukken: 50 mensen overleden door hondsdolheid
5 maart 2012
Ambon - Tenminste 50 mensen zijn overleden als gevolg van hondsdolheid in de afgelopen weken. Honderden mensen zijn ziek geworden. Dat is vandaag bekend gemaakt door de autoriteiten op de Molukken in Indonesië.
Het vaccin is intussen op, men heeft dringende behoefte aan nieuwe voorraad.
thanks to Shiloh
5 maart 2012
Ambon - Tenminste 50 mensen zijn overleden als gevolg van hondsdolheid in de afgelopen weken. Honderden mensen zijn ziek geworden. Dat is vandaag bekend gemaakt door de autoriteiten op de Molukken in Indonesië.
Het vaccin is intussen op, men heeft dringende behoefte aan nieuwe voorraad.
Rabies Outbreak Kills 50 in Indonesia's Maluku Province
March 05, 2012
Ambon, Maluku. At least 50 people have died of rabies in the recent weeks in a reported outbreak in the southwest district of Indonesia’s Maluku province, local officials said on Monday.
“Rabies has killed at least 50 people and hundreds of others have been infected by the virus,” Bernabas Orno said, adding that the outbreak has been reported to Maluku Governor Karel Albert Ralahalu.
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But rabies vaccine supplies in the remote Southwest Maluku district have run out, Barnabas said. No hospitals in the district have the vaccine, and efforts to control the spread of the virus have failed to make an impact, he added.
“We are badly in need of the provincial government`s help,” Barnabas said.
Without help, Barnabas feared that the rabies epidemic in the Southwest Maluku district would only get worse.
“We are afraid the number of fatalities will continue to increase if the provincial government fails to send the anti-rabies vaccine as soon as possible,” Barnabas said.
Jakarta Globe
March 05, 2012
Ambon, Maluku. At least 50 people have died of rabies in the recent weeks in a reported outbreak in the southwest district of Indonesia’s Maluku province, local officials said on Monday.
“Rabies has killed at least 50 people and hundreds of others have been infected by the virus,” Bernabas Orno said, adding that the outbreak has been reported to Maluku Governor Karel Albert Ralahalu.
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But rabies vaccine supplies in the remote Southwest Maluku district have run out, Barnabas said. No hospitals in the district have the vaccine, and efforts to control the spread of the virus have failed to make an impact, he added.
“We are badly in need of the provincial government`s help,” Barnabas said.
Without help, Barnabas feared that the rabies epidemic in the Southwest Maluku district would only get worse.
“We are afraid the number of fatalities will continue to increase if the provincial government fails to send the anti-rabies vaccine as soon as possible,” Barnabas said.
Jakarta Globe