PUTRAJAYA, Sept 21 – The Veterinary Department has vaccinated 2,286 dogs on Sunday which had following the rabies outbreak in the northern states. There were 2,286 dogs where separated into 3 state which are Perlis (465), Kedah (1,648) and Penang (173) dogs have been vaccinated.
“There were samples from 40 dogs had shown to be positive for the zoonotic virus while the number collected are just 160. Meanwhile, there were also 2,140 dogs have been culled namely in Perlis (293), 1,604 (Kedah) and 243 (Penang) on 5pm last Sunday,” it said in a statement today.
In the same time, the department also said that there were also 19 dogs in Perlis were showing the clinical signs of the virus. The number of reported dog bites in the three states stood at 59 cases which 27 cases in Perlis, 12 cases in Kedah and 20 cases in Penang.
