Sabah increases efforts to prevent rabies following outbreak at neighbouring Sarawak district

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KOTA KINABALU: Sabah government is stepping up efforts to keep rabies out of the state after an outbreak was detected at a bordering Sarawak district.

Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan said they had prepared for rabies outbreaks since 2017, including carrying out simulation exercises, public awareness campaigns and vaccination of dogs, cats and other possible carriers at all state entry points, but would step this up.

"Awareness campaigns will be intensified, particularly among residents of border towns and villages, to ensure the people are aware of the danger of the virus and play an active role in preventing it from entering the State," he said in a statement on Wednesday . On the African Swine Fever issue, Kitingan said Keningau has become the latest district to be declared an ASF-outbreak area.

"Prior to the death of the backyard pigs, the DVS received a report of a dead wild bearded pig in a forest near the village.

 

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