Over 70 people have been exposed to rabies in Thailand’s northeast provinces of Surin and Buriram. In Surin, 67 people were found to be at risk for contracting the disease, while seven people in Buriram were at risk, adding up to a total of 74 people at risk, according to the chief of the Disease Prevention and Control Office 9.
All of the individuals who were exposed to rabies had been vaccinated against the disease.
The office found that from October 1 to February 6, five animals in Surin had rabies and another five in Buriram.
This news comes after just last week, residents of Buriram’s Nong Phai Noi village, located in the main city district, pleaded with authorities to take urgent action after two people were bitten by a dog infected with rabies.
On January 10, 65 year old local man Sawat Palertlam was attending to his cows when a stray dog came out…
