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Thursday, April 13, 2017
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ILOILO City – Since 2013, there were no rabies cases in this city, according to the City Veterinarian’s Office (CVO).
“Our goal is to sustain being a rabies-free city. The national goal is to completely eliminate rabies in the Philippines by year 2020,” said Dr. Tomas Forteza Jr., city veterinarian.
To date, the city government has vaccinated 9,881 dogs against rabies. The vaccinations were part of the city’s efforts to be continuously rabies-free.
But for several weeks, the vaccination was put on hold. The CVO ran out of vaccines.
Just this April 4, however, CVO received another batch of vaccines from the Department of Agriculture (DA).
DA provided 3,255 vials with 10 doses enough to vaccinate 32,550 dogs.
The city government also allotted P1 million for the vaccines.
CVO launched its anti-rabies vaccination program in February in Arevalo district and this is expected to end by the first week of June in the City Proper.
“We are taking a pause right now because of the Holy Week but we will resume our work on Monday in Jaro district,” said Forteza.
As of today, CVO served 81 out of the 180 barangays in Iloilo City. It hopes to reach its target of vaccinating 70 percent of the total 44,000 dog population before the year ends.
CVO also accepts walk-in rabies vaccinations and free spaying and neutering from 8 a.m. to 5 pm. (PNA/PN)
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