Eighty-five people are suspected of having contracted wild rabies after being bitten by bats 1590 now vaccinated against rabies

Health officials in the Cusco region in southeastern Peru have reported dozens of suspected human rabies cases in individuals in La Convencion province, according to a Publimetro report (computer translated). Eighty-five people are suspected of having contracted wild rabies after being bitten by bats in the various Amazonian localities of Camana, Mayapo, Puerto Huallana and Alto Pichas. Regional director of Health of Cusco, Julio Cesar Espinosa La Torre said that among the group of victims with a bat bite are the 15 soldiers transferred to Lima, of this group, two cases were confirmed, of which one is deceased. Espinoza la Torre said that to date, more than 912 civilians and 680 soldiers have been vaccinated in Alto and Bajo Urubamba,

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