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Sunday, Jun 1, 2025
Ziya Faris, the six-year-old girl who died of rabies in Kerala sustained bite wounds over the head, chest, left shoulder, left middle finger, and left lower limb.
The child, a native of Kakathadam, Peruvallur, Tirurangadi, suffered serious injuries in the attack, with wounds to her head and leg.
Those standing at bus stops and children playing in their courtyards were mauled.
The nod is for the issuance of the order for the purchase of 1.12 lakh vials for Rs 2.97 crore, which would see the authorities coughing up an additional Rs 112 for a single vial
As many as 49,400 Equine Rabies Immunoglobulin (ERIG) vials have already arrived at vaccine collection centers in Thiruvananthapuram and Ernakulam.
Questions were raised about the efficacy of the vaccine after several people succumbed to the virus despite availing the vaccine shots.
The vaccines were administered in Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram and Thrissur districts.
The dog bit him on the face. There are multiple wounds near the eye. The boy was administered both serum and vaccine as the bite was a Category-3 wound.
Within five months, the State has already used 62 per cent of the overall stock meant for the whole year.
There has been almost double the rise in cases of dogs infected with the deadly rabies virus in the last five years.
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