A rabid cat bites two people in a village in Poltava Oblast: preventive vaccinations are being carried out in the surrounding villages
Kyiv • UNN
In the village of Omelnyk, Kremenchuk district, a rabid cat bit two people, which led to free rabies vaccinations for animals in 12 surrounding villages declared a "threat zone"
A rabies-infected cat bit two people in the village of Omelnyk, Kremenchuk district. There are 12 villages in the Omelnyk community at risk of spreading the disease. This territory has been declared a "threatened area" and free rabies vaccinations are being provided for animals there. This was told by the head of the Poltava Regional State Administration Philip Pronin, reports UNN.
The threatened area of the disadvantaged point includes the villages of Omelnyk, Varakuty, Gunky, Demydivka, Zapsil, Kramarenky, Lytvynenky, Pustovity, Radochyny, Stepanivka, Fedorenky, Yaremivka of the Omelnyk community. Currently, free rabies vaccinations are being provided to animals in these settlements.
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The head of the EMA also noted that veterinary medicine specialists have already worked in the village where the incident occurred. They conducted an epizootic survey and sampled pathological material. Laboratory tests confirmed that the cat had rabies.
Recall
Earlier , UNN wrotethat due to martial law, which restricts oral vaccination of wild animals against rabies and immunization of domestic animals, in 2023, Ukraine saw a 2.3-fold increase in rabies cases among animals compared to 2022.
