NEWS ADC Rabies deaths Indonesia

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I don't know whether the fault in the following lies with the

reporting of Jakarta Post or the data supplied by the West Manggarai

Health Office, or with the input data that the West Manggarai Health

Office received, but I guarantee that if only " 134 out of 647 people

infected with rabies over the past 10 years have died, " or a mere

20%, then the other 80% were not infected with rabies in the first

place.

 

The claimed dog vaccination rate of 75% should be sufficient

to stop the spread of rabies, but if the remaining 25% are still

infecting and killing anyone, including each other, either the

vaccinations were ineffective or the dog population was grossly

undercounted.

 

 

 

 

The Jakarta Post February 13, 2008

 

Two dies of rabies in Flores

 

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Two of the 40 people infected with rabies

over the last two weeks in West Manggarai regency, East Nusa

Tenggara, have died, an official said Tuesday.

 

All of the infections resulted from the victims being bitten by dogs.

 

IG Ngurah Harijaya, head of the West Manggarai Health Office, said in

a report to East Nusa Tenggara Governor Piet A Tallo the regency's

death toll from rabies was now four this year.

 

Ngurah said the 40 rabies cases were recorded in five districts:

Komodo with 15 cases, Sanonggoang (2), Lembor (15), Kuwus (5) and

Macang (2).

 

" There was an increase in the number of infections in nearly each

district, " he said.

 

According to data from the East Nusa Tenggara administration, of

about 200,000 dogs in Fores and Lembata, 50,000 have not been

vaccinated.

 

The data also show 134 out of 647 people infected with rabies over

the past 10 years have died.

 

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