Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez urged city residents to be responsible pet owners and update the rabies vaccination of their dog and cat pets yearly to prevent the increase of rabies cases in the city. Olivarez advised residents to visit the Facebook page Parañaque Public Information...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – Eighteen dogs in this province tested positive for rabies in the first quarter of this year. Dr. Loida Valenzuela, provincial veterinary officer, said that this is the first time that the province had rabies cases after more than 10 years of being rabies-free. The...
The Parañaque City government said seven animal bite treatment centers and the Ospital ng Parañaque (OsPar)-1 are giving free anti-rabies vaccination to residents who suffered from bites or scratches from dogs and cats. Mayor Eric Olivarez advised residents to visit the seven animal bite...
In light of Rabies Awareness Month, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) urged the public to vaccinate their pets to prevent rabies infections and rabies-related injuries and deaths. In a statement, PhilHealth acting president and chief executive officer Emmanuel R. Ledesma, Jr....
There is a “slight” increase in the number of rabies cases this year, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. A total of 55 rabies cases were already recorded as of Feb. 25. This is eight percent higher than the 51 cases logged during the same period last year, said DOH-Epidemiology...
Citing the 30 percent uptick in human rabies deaths last year, Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo is pushing for the implementation of "more aggressive pet vaccination programs" in the country. (Unsplash) “We need more aggressive pet vaccination programs. We also have to improve treatment...
The Makati City local government announced that its is offering free anti-rabies vaccinations to Makatizen pet owners as it ramps up its efforts in eradicating rabies cases in the city. In its Facebook post, the city government said that employees from the Makati Veterinary Services Department will...
The local government of Antipolo City is now using a new system for the detection of rabies cases in the city. Antipolo City Mayor Jun Ynares posted on Friday, Jan. 20, photos of the seminar held by the City Veterinary Office and City Health regarding the use of the Rabies Rapid Response with...
A total of 27,992 dogs and cats in Caloocan City have been given free anti-rabies shots through the community-based vaccination program, said Caloocan City Veterinary Department (CVD) in its accomplishment report on Friday, Jan. 13. The community-based vaccination is a program initiated by the...
GENERAL MARIANO ALVAREZ, Cavite – The municipal government broke ground for a new dog pound in Barangay Poblacion 5 on Wednesday, Nov. 30. The ground-breaking ceremony was led by Mayor Maricel Echevarria Torres and other local officials. In a Facebook post, Torres said the establishment of...
Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo believes that the national government's rabies prevention program has failed despite a sizable funding of up to P900 million a year. (Unsplash) “The NRPCP has missed its targets to eliminate human rabies by 2020 and to declare the Philippines rabies-free...
There were 157 cases of rabies recorded so far since the start of this year, the Department of Health (DOH) said. The figure is from Jan. 1 to June 25, the DOH said. “Cumulatively, cases this year is five percent lower compared to the reported cases during the same period in 2021 (165),” it...
