From Shanghai Daily:
“SIXTY-ONE people in central China’s Hunan Province have died from rabies in the first two months of the year, leading the vice governor to call for killing unvaccinated dogs.”“Gan Lin, vice governor of Hunan, said the government has to kill unvaccinated dogs to reduce the risk to people.”
“Rabies killed 443 people in Hunan in 2006, which last year was the country’s most deadly infectious disease.” [Full Text]
See also a China Daily article on China’s death statistics from rabies. Also the drastic measures taken by the Chinese government in 2006 to curb rabies by putting down thousands of dogs.
