Guest guest Posted April 14, 2002 Report Posted April 14, 2002 Sunday Morning Post 14th April 2002 Shanghai rabies crackdown The Shanghai Public Security Bureau has announced that from May 1 any dog found without an ownership licence will be immediately destroyed in a bid to stem rising rabies deaths caused by dog bites, Xinhua has reported. The Health Department announced 862 fatalities last year from rabies and that the virus has a fatal infection rate of 95.88 per cent, making it the top second-tier infectious disease in China, Xinhua reported. Quote
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