IPOH: It will take about two years for the Matang sub-district to be de-gazetted as rabies infected and officially declared free of the disease, the state Health Committee said.
Its chairman Datuk Dr Mah Hang Soon, who also heads a special task force on rabies, said the state government has taken the first step by declaring Matang a “rabies-controlled area” effective today.
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