FCTA confirms 8 rabies cases, 2 deaths, issues alert

The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has confirmed 8 rabies cases and 2 deaths successful the territory, urging residents to vaccinate their dogs and cats to curb the virus’ spread.

The Agriculture and Rural Development Secretariat of the FCTA confirmed the rabies outbreak connected Wednesday successful Abuja.

The Director of Veterinary Services successful the secretariat, Dr Karnak Dandam, 2 persons, 1 successful Gwagwalada and the different successful Kwali Area Councils of the FCT, died from rabid canine bites.

Specifically, Dandam said that 8 cases were recorded, 5 successful Gwagwalada and 3 successful Kwali Area Councils, retired of which 2 persons mislaid their lives.

He said measures were already taken to curb the dispersed and asked residents to study canine bites.

Dandam described rabies arsenic a “deadly viral illness that attacks the cardinal tense system” and transmitted done the wound of an infected canine oregon cat.

He said that the symptoms successful humans see fever, headache, fatigue, and symptom oregon tingling astatine the tract of the bite, followed by anxiety, confusion, hallucinations and barking similar a dog.

In dogs, helium said the symptoms see excessive salivation, trouble swallowing, hallucination, hanging jaws, aggression to the proprietor and a terrible fearfulness of h2o referred to arsenic hydrophobia.

He warned that the microorganism is fatal, adding that erstwhile symptoms look successful humans, endurance i...