Man bitten by dog, rabid and died
Mr. Nguyen Duc Hung, 29 years old, in Kon Tum, had rabies 3 months after being bitten by a dog, four other people are being monitored.
The dog bit Mr. Hung twice and then continued to bite a neighbor in village 5, Dak Mar commune, Dak Ha district. Mr. Hung's two younger brothers and their friends organized to capture the dog for meat, but were also attacked. A total of 5 people were bitten by the dog, all of whom were not vaccinated against rabies. The dog was raised by Mr. Hung's family.
On June 23, Mr. Hung had a fever, headache, fatigue, restlessness, fear of wind, fear of water, and convulsions all over his body... His family took him to Kon Tum General Hospital, where doctors diagnosed him with rabies. Two days later, the patient died at home.
After Mr. Hung passed away, the remaining four people were injected with serum and rabies vaccine. On July 9, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Ha, Director of Dak Ha District Medical Center, said that all four people are being monitored for their health condition.
Dak Ha District People's Committee requested functional forces to handle the rabies outbreak in village 5, monitor to detect rabies early, and help people raise awareness of disease prevention.
At the end of April, a 14-year-old boy in Dak Lak was bitten on the leg by a neighbor's dog and developed rabies and died a month later. Before that, a 7-year-old boy in Thai Nguyen was attacked by his family's dog while defecating at home. He was rushed to the emergency room but died shortly after due to severe injuries. On April 9, an 11-year-old boy died in Son La three months after being bitten by a dog.
On the afternoon of April 3, a 7-year-old boy in Hung Yen was bitten by a pack of neighbor's dogs. He was hospitalized in a state of cardiac arrest, lost a lot of blood, and later died. In early April, Mr. Bui Van Tuan (32 years old) and his son in Hoa Binh province died of rabies two months after being bitten by their pet dog.
When bitten by a dog, it is necessary to inject anti-rabies serum, monitor the dog's progress to see if it has rabies or not to proactively prevent it. Pet dogs need to be fully vaccinated against rabies.