India News | 29,951 Dogs Vaccinated in Mumbai Under Anti-rabies Drive: BMC
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has completed the vaccination of 26,951 dogs under the pulse anti-rabies vaccination drive conducted to prevent transmission of the disease to humans, the BMC has said.
Mumbai, Mar 7 (PTI) The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has completed the vaccination of 26,951 dogs under the pulse anti-rabies vaccination drive conducted to prevent transmission of the disease to humans, the BMC has said.
Under this drive, a special campaign was also conducted from February 26 to March 1 and 10 of the 25 civic wards were covered with the help of NGO Worldwide Veterinary Services - Mission Rabies, a BMC release on Wednesday said.
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Dr Kalimpasha Pathan, general manager of the BMC's animal husbandry department and Deonar Abattoir, told PTI that last year the civic body had covered 10-12 wards and 10 more were covered during the recent drive.
"This is a continuous process and the remaining wards will be covered very soon," he said.
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Rabies is a fatal but preventable viral infection that spreads to humans from the saliva of infected animals.
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