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Rabies Vaccination Campaign
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MEDIA RELEASE

26 AUGUST 1999

IMMEDIATE



RABIES VACCINATION CAMPAIGN

The Department of Agriculture and Land Affairs, will begin its annual Rabies Vaccination campaign as from the 01st September until the end 
of the month.

This campaign is aimed at preventing the spread of rabies through vaccination of all dogs and informing communities on how best to avoid 
and control the spread of this epidemic.

We will be covering every corner and district of the province through a special team of animal technicians that has been assembled by the 
department.

The first three days will focus on information on the vaccination process whereby our officers will visit all districts in the province 
trying to explain the process.

In towns and townships, officers will work even on weekends to accommodate people who cannot take their dogs for vaccination and even in 
the rural areas we will work until the late hours of the day.

This year we can confirm 22 cases of rabies outbreak that mainly from the Eastern parts of the province with only 2 cases from the western 
parts.

Despite vaccination, we will be focussing on community awareness on the steps they must take when a dog bites somebody. Our approach moves 
from a premise that every dog is a suspect to be having the rabies virus until proven negative by a test.

We therefore appeal to health officials and the general community to contact their nearest district office of our department whenever there 
is a case of a dog biting so that an animal technician can act promptly.

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This Information is Issued by the Department of Agriculture and Land Affairs

For Further Information Please Contact Thembelani Stamper at (040) 6391180 or 0836598435

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