ONE dog bite in a quiet border town in Perlis has, in the past two months, caused a nationwide panic, with three of Malaysia’s northern states gazetted as rabies areas (see The first bite for details).
The emergence of this plague-like disease not seen in the country for more than 15 years poses new challenges for government authorities.
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