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Rabies outbreak feared; three villages in South Cotabato quarantined
By Allen V. Estabillo | Saturday| August 6, 2011 | Filed under: Top Stories
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/05 August) ? Health personnel in South Cotabato have quarantined at least three villages in the province following what appeared to be an outbreak of the deadly rabies virus, which already claimed two lives during the last two months.
South Cotabato Gov. Arthur Pingoy said Thursday the Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) has launched a massive anti-rabies vaccination and treatment among residents of Barangays Laconon in T?boli, Upper Sepaka in Surallah and Sajaneba in Sto. Nino town to
prevent possible infection and further spread of the virus.
Citing an IPHO report, he said two rabies deaths were initially confirmed last June in Barangays Laconon and Upper Sepaka.
But he said they received reports that a number of local residents in two villages had slaughtered and consumed a rabid dog in Barangay Laconon and a horse that was bitten by a rabid dog in Barangay Upper Sepaka.
?This is very alarming because based on our latest count, at least 42 people have already been verified to have eaten the meat of the suspected rabies-infected animals,? Pingoy said in a media forum.
The governor said the IPHO already gave the initial anti-rabies doses, which cost around P3,000 each, to the affected residents...
Rabies outbreak feared; three villages in South Cotabato quarantined
By Allen V. Estabillo | Saturday| August 6, 2011 | Filed under: Top Stories
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/05 August) ? Health personnel in South Cotabato have quarantined at least three villages in the province following what appeared to be an outbreak of the deadly rabies virus, which already claimed two lives during the last two months.
South Cotabato Gov. Arthur Pingoy said Thursday the Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) has launched a massive anti-rabies vaccination and treatment among residents of Barangays Laconon in T?boli, Upper Sepaka in Surallah and Sajaneba in Sto. Nino town to
prevent possible infection and further spread of the virus.
Citing an IPHO report, he said two rabies deaths were initially confirmed last June in Barangays Laconon and Upper Sepaka.
But he said they received reports that a number of local residents in two villages had slaughtered and consumed a rabid dog in Barangay Laconon and a horse that was bitten by a rabid dog in Barangay Upper Sepaka.
?This is very alarming because based on our latest count, at least 42 people have already been verified to have eaten the meat of the suspected rabies-infected animals,? Pingoy said in a media forum.
The governor said the IPHO already gave the initial anti-rabies doses, which cost around P3,000 each, to the affected residents...