Malawi: MJ Residents Receiving Rabies Vaccine After Eating Infected Beef

Mulanje — At least 19 people from Shaibu Village in Traditional Authority Mkanda in Mulanje have been recommended for rabies treatment after eating beef suspected to be of a rabid cow.

Mulanje District Hospital Integrated Diseases Surveillance and Response Coordinator, Masilina Kausiwa Msamanyada said the hospital received reports from Village Headman Shaibu on January 24, 2019 to the effect that over 130 people in his area ate beef suspected to be of an infected cow which was bitten by a rapid dog.

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