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http://elcomercio.pe/peru/1305920/noticia-veinte-personas-han-fallecido-victimas-rabia-ano
Spanish to English translation
Twenty people have died of Rabies in the year
Specialists from the National Institutes of Health reported that 19 of the victims were natives of the Amazon
Wednesday September 21, 2011 - 12:10 am
The human rabies has killed 20 people so far this year , special reports of the National Health Institute of the Ministry of Health. The vast majority, 19 dead, were native to the Amazon region, who were bitten by bats with the disease.
"The inhabitants of the Amazon are at risk, their houses have no walls, no guards and refuse to use health care because they consider alien to their customs," health officials said, according to a report of "TV Peru."
In Puno, a person also died from the so-called urban rabies, that 99% of cases are caused by the bite of infected dogs . Given this, the authorities conducted a nationwide campaign against rabies this 1 and 2 October.
Spanish to English translation
Twenty people have died of Rabies in the year
Specialists from the National Institutes of Health reported that 19 of the victims were natives of the Amazon
Wednesday September 21, 2011 - 12:10 am
The human rabies has killed 20 people so far this year , special reports of the National Health Institute of the Ministry of Health. The vast majority, 19 dead, were native to the Amazon region, who were bitten by bats with the disease.
"The inhabitants of the Amazon are at risk, their houses have no walls, no guards and refuse to use health care because they consider alien to their customs," health officials said, according to a report of "TV Peru."
In Puno, a person also died from the so-called urban rabies, that 99% of cases are caused by the bite of infected dogs . Given this, the authorities conducted a nationwide campaign against rabies this 1 and 2 October.