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May surge? Mayor Vico explains long queue for anti-rabies vax

Published May 14, 2024 03:52 am

Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto on Monday, May 13, explained that the unusual surge in the number of individuals queuing up to be vaccinated with the anti-rabies vaccine in the city is caused by a number of fatal animal bite cases that became viral in recent days.

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Mayor Vico Sotto

Sotto said he had observed a steep increase in the number of people lining up to be inoculated with the vaccine in the city's Animal Bite Treatment Centers.

"Nung tinetrace natin kung bakit biglang nagkaroon ng surge sa pila, bakit parang lahat ng tao gusto magpaanti-rabies, may mga nagviral pala sa balita na nakagat daw ng aso tapos hindi nagsabi sa magulang tapos ayun na (the patient died) kaya biglang natakot lahat na magkaroon ng konting sugat lang, kahit hindi kagat ng aso or ng hayop, dinadala na agad dito (When we traced the reason as to why there is a sudden surge in the number of people lining up to get vaccinated with the anti-rabies vaccine, we found out that they were scared after a number of cases became viral, such as when a patient died after he/she was bitten by a dog and didn't inform his/her parents about it. Now, even if it's just a small wound or wasn't even caused by a dog or any other animal, they immediately bring the patient here)," Sotto explained.

He also consulted other mayors in the National Capital Region (NCR) if they were also seeing an uptick of people lining up to get inoculated with the vaccine.

"Nung nagtanong din ako sa ibang mayor, ganun din pala sa ibang local government unit (LGU). Naalarma kasi ako bakit biglang nangyare to. Yun, hindi lang pala sa Pasig ito (When I asked the other mayors if they are also experiencing the same case, they told me it was also happening in other LGUs. I was initially alarmed but then I found out it was not only occurring in Pasig)," he added.

The mayor said the city government has an adequate supply of the vaccine, unlike other local government units that struggled due to the influx of people requiring anti-rabies vaccines.

However, he noted that Pasig City's stock of vaccines is already running low, prompting him to request the city's Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) to conduct an information dissemination campaign regarding animal bite treatment processes.

In April, a 13-year-old girl died after being bitten by a rabid dog two months ago in Tondo, Manila.

In a TV interview, the child's mother said that her daughter hid from them that she was bitten by a dog at Vitas Park in Tondo, with the child telling them that she was just wounded after being caught on a wire.

Based on the death certificate of the victim, the cause of death was rabies encephalitis.

Investigation showed that the dog who bit the young girl also bit seven other people on the same day. All of them have already been vaccinated with the anti-rabies vaccine.

However, the rabid dog died eight days after being turned over by barangay officials to the Vitas Veterinary Board.

 

 

 

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