Supplyed With 6 Thousand Doses Of The Rabies Vaccine, The Bengkulu Regency Government Will Inject It Into The Cats, Dogs And Palaces

Cat-type animals that will receive rabies vaccine. ANTARA/Anggi Mayasari

BENGKULU - The Kepahiang Regency Government received 6,000 doses of rabies vaccine from the center. The injection was carried out to minimize rabies cases in the region.

Head of the Kepahiang Regency Agriculture Service, Hernawan, said the rabies vaccine would be injected into infectious animals such as cats, dogs, and monkeys. "This year we received 6,000 doses of rabies vaccine and the vaccine will be injected into rabies-virus infecting animals in the near future," he said when confirmed, Friday 10 February, confiscated by Antara. Recipient of the rabies vaccine as much as 6,000 from the central government to meet the regional needs for 2023 to reduce rabies cases in Kepahiang Regency. Because, during 2022, his party found 80 people who were bitten by stray dogs and indicated to be infected with rabies. Even though 80 people were bitten by rabies-infected animals, therefore when people were bitten by wild animals to immediately clean up bite scars so they wouldn't be infected. "Because if they were bitten by stray dogs, at least 14 days had to be observed and if they died suddenly. Then the sample will be checked into the laboratory so that it will be known to be infected with rabies or not," he said. Hernawan added, the implementation of the rabies vaccine is carried out every six months and the aid of 6,000 doses cannot meet the needs. Therefore, his party will propose additional procurement of rabies vaccines through the Bengkulu Provincial Government. "Of course it is not enough for one year, but we will also try to get this rabies vaccine procurement on the Revenue and Regional Expenditure Budget (APBD) change and we have also proposed it to the province," he said.