Victims Of Rabies Dog Bites On Timor Island NTT Become 20 People

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KUPANG - Victims of dog bites and rabies infection on Timor Island, to be precise Fenun Village, South Amanuban District, South Central Timor Regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), increased from the previous 10 people to 20 people.

"The number has been updated after 20 people were infected," said South Amanatun Police Chief Iptu I Dewa Gede Putra Wijayana, quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, May 30.

He explained that of the 20 infected people, one 45-year-old man was declared dead after being treated intensively.

Dewa explained that 19 people who were infected were known after the South Amanatun Police monitored and traced together with the South Central Timor Livestock Service, the South Central Timor Health Service, and the Oinlation Health Center.

"We are monitoring the victim and treatment for victims who were bitten by a dog who is suspected of being a rabies dog," he said.

He said the victim who died from a rabies dog bite was first bitten on May 21, 2023 at 24.00 WITA right in front of the victim's house.

After being bitten, the victim suffered pain and felt hot until May 25, 2023 at around 24.00 WITA the victim died.

With the emergence of the rabies case on the island of Timor, his party gave rabies vaccine to victims who were bitten by dogs and provided free treatment to victims who were bitten by dogs.

"We urge people who have livestock in the form of dogs and cats to be tied up or grounded," said Dewa Gede Putra.

He also appealed to restrictions on importing animals from outside, both dogs and cats, and appealed to people who have aggressive dogs and cats to be destroyed and buried.