KUCHING, 26 Feb 2019:
The Sarawak government is all geared up to launch the ‘Ops Rabies Sarawak’ on March 1 to eliminate rabies that has dogged the state since July 2017.
The 10-day operation will be confined initially to the Lundu and Bau districts, and will be extended eventually to the other districts, Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, who is chairman of the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee, said today.
Spearheaded by the police as the commander, the operation would see the vaccination of all pet dogs in the districts and the rounding up of all stray dogs, he said after chairing a coordination meeting of the Rabies Elimination Operation at Wisma Bapa Malaysia here.
Ops Rabies Sarawak is the pioneer project in the effort to eradicate rabies after the disease was declared a Stage Two disaster following its outbreak in more than one district in the state.
“The time has come for us to go all-out to stamp out rabies. After this first operation is successful, we will move on to the other districts.”
– Bernama