1 Resident Of TTS Regency Died As A Result Of Rabies, Kupang City Government Moves To Establish A Screening Command Post At The Border

NTT - Kupang City Government (Pemkot) has started to activate the rabies screening or monitoring post. The command post is located on the border of Kupang Regency and City.

Head of the Veterinary Division of the Kupang City Agriculture Service, Yappi Manafe, said this effort was to prevent the entry of rabies-infectious animals from outside his territory.

"Starting today, the rabies monitoring post formed by the Kupang City Government and located in Bimoku as an area bordering Kupang Regency will be activated," he said when contacted in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Province, Wednesday, June 7, was confiscated by Antara.

Yappi said that prevention efforts were carried out regarding the rabies case in South Central Timor Regency (TTS) which claimed the death of one resident.

He said the establishment of the post also followed up on the order of Acting Mayor of Kupang George Melkianus Hadjoh to prevent rabies transmission in Kupang City by establishing a post in the border area.

Yappi said the integrated team on duty at the rabies prevention monitoring post in Kupang City consisted of the Agriculture Service, Civil Service Police Unit, Transportation Service, Health Service as well as elements of the TNI/Polri and BPBD.

Yappi emphasized that the monitoring team will be on duty at the monitoring post for one month from June 7 to July 7, 2023.

He added that the Kupang City Government does not allow rabies-prone animals or livestock from districts on the mainland of Timor Island to enter the Kupang City area.

All vehicles from outside the city that enter the Kupang City area will be inspected by an integrated team at the post to prevent the entry of dogs brought from outside the city.

"The Kupang City Government prohibits the public from bringing animals that are intermediaries for rabies transmission into the Kupang City area. After the Kupang City Government activates the command post, animals such as dogs are not allowed to enter Kupang City," said Yappi Manafe.

According to him, prevention efforts need to be carried out in Kupang City because this area has the risk of contracting rabies because Kupang City is in one mainland with South Central Timor Regency which has been designated as a rabies KLB area on Timor Island.