MALAYSIA lost its rabies disease-free status in July 2015 after an outbreak of canine rabies which started in Perlis and later spread to Kedah and Penang.
The outbreak was resolved by November of the same year with emergency mass vaccination of dogs and short-term culling of strays in the affected states. We were fortunate that there was no human victim at that time.
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