GEORGE TOWN, Sept 23 – The State Veterinary Services Department director Dr. Siti Salmiyah Tahir said there were good news for Penang which it was to enable some 300 doses of vaccine to arrive today 5pm while to be injected into household dogs. He said the department will carry on with vaccination today and tomorrow despite the Hari Raya Aidiladha holiday in view of the rabies outbreak in Penang.
She said the dog owners in Penang can contact the DVS after 5pm today in which vaccination would be carried out until 10pm while the vaccination will also continue until tomorrow which starting in the morning 9am to 10pm at the DVS headquarters in Bukit Tengah despite it being a public holiday.
“The doses were crucial as the DVS has run out of rabies vaccination stock. 150 doses is needed per day and we just enough to provide for two days. Meanwhile, the DVS has captured 484 stray dogs of which 297 have been vaccinated. Until yesterday there were five dog bite cases reported which makes the overall cases 41 which ten were from household dogs which we have quarantined for 14 days,” she added.
