Stray dogs bite 10 people in Larkana

LARKANA: Stray dogs on Wednesday bitten 10 more people in Larkana, taking the overall toll to 210 in last 21 days in the district.

As per details, three children, a woman were among 10 people who fall prey to stray dogs in Larkana. They were moved to emergency ward of Chandka Hospital.

ARV centre in-charge said, the affected people were given vaccine and their condition is said to be out of danger.

Earlier, on Jan 30, a female news anchor was injured after being bitten by a dog in Karachi’s defence area.

An alarming rise of dog-bite incidents being reported across the country with a common complaint about scarcity of the anti-rabies vaccine.

The doctors advise inoculation of anti-rabies vaccine shortly after the dog bite.

A victim of a rabid dog bite likely to suffer from hydrophobia – extreme fear of water, a symptom of rabies infection in humans.