US EditionMan Dies of Rabies After Dog Bite as Officials Issue Urgent 'Stay Calm' Warning - The Mirror
- A 44-year-old man died in a Spanish hospital on May 29 after contracting rabies from a dog bite sustained in Ethiopia in July 2024.
- The man did not seek immediate medical care beyond cleaning the wound and missed early immunoglobulin treatment, which is key to preventing rabies death.
- Spanish health authorities confirmed the diagnosis through laboratory tests and highlighted that the case was unique, noting that rabies is no longer present within the country.
- Minister Marciano Gómez emphasized that rabies is almost always fatal once symptoms develop and described this particular case as unusual; he also noted that no further measures could have prevented the man's death.
- Authorities issued a public warning urging travelers to get rabies vaccinations if exposed to animals in high-risk areas like Ethiopia to prevent such fatal infections.
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Man dies of rabies after dog bite as officials issue urgent 'stay calm' warning - The Mirror
Spanish health officials have called on the public to get rabies vaccinations should they find themselves in specific situations after a man died of the virus in Valencia
The patient, who was provided with anti-rabies immunoglobulin during his admission to the hospital, was an "exceptional" case and was "very serious", according to Marciano Gómez. Read
Conseller de Sanidad, Marciano Gómez, said this Thursday that the patient, who was provided with anti-rabies immunoglobulin during his hospital admission, was an "exceptional" case and was "very serious"
The 44-year-old man hospitalized in the ICU of a health center in the Valencian Community for rabies died this Friday, according to sources from the Health Department confirmed to ABC. The patient contracted the disease after a dog bite during a trip in July 2024 to Ethiopia.According to information corroborated by the health department of the Generalitat Valenciana, the man infected with rabies has died after staying several weeks isolated and …
With the government’s intensified anti-rabies program, the Center for Health Development Region 1 recorded five cases this year. In an exclusive interview with IFM News Dagupan with CHD 1 Spokesperson, Dr. Rheuel Bobis, two of these cases were from Pangasinan, and one each from Dagupan City, La Union and Ilocos Sur. Unfortunately, all of them died because some were not vaccinated and others did not complete it. The fatality rate in the region re…
The man contracted the disease almost a year ago and died after being admitted to the ICU of a Valencian hospital.
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