The epidemiological situation of rabies continues to be alarming among animals. Ninety-one cases of rabies were recorded in Moldova last year. Fortunately, there was no case of human rabies, IPN reports.
According to the National Public Health Agency, the 91 rabid animals were from 24 administrative territories, including ten animals from the left side of the Nistru. About 20 of these were wild animals, such as foxes, jackals and polecats, while the rest were domestic animals. The figure is almost the same as in 2019, when 95 animals were diagnosed with rabies.
In some of the localities, cases of rabies in animals repeat and this is alarming as these become hotbeds of major epidemiological significance. Among these localities are Speia and Calfa villages of Anenii Noi district, Pruteni and Mărăndeni villages of Fălești district, Solonceni of Rezina, Coicovo of Dubăsari.
Specialists warn the often infection of domestic animals is primarily due to the excessive number of foxes who often attack animals on pastures or at pens. Rabies is passed on by bites or by scratches caused by infected animals. The National Public Health Agency recommends baring the foxes’ access to homes and excluding their contact with domestic animals.
In 2019, an 11-year-old boy from the municipality of Chisinau was diagnosed with rabies after he was scratched by a dog. He was admitted to the hospital in a serious state and died shortly afterward.
