AZURA ABAS New Straits Times 3 Nov 15;
PUTRAJAYA: The Veterinary Department today declared that the rabies outbreak in the northern states has been officially quelled.
Its director-general Datuk Dr Kamarudin Md Isa said the last case was reported on Sept 21 and there have been no new cases reported since.
"For us to declare the outbreak as being resolved, we took into account the zoonotic disease incubation period of 14 days and factored in the date of the last cast reported.
"Since Sept 21 until today, there have been no new cases," he told reporters at his office.
Dr Kamarudin, however, said, it would take two years for Malaysia to be officially declared free of rabies.
Malaysia had to provide evidence that it was free from rabies in accordance with the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal Health's standards, he said.
