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...Bali, whose mythic resorts have been struggling to fill their beachside villas during the global financial meltdown, has been hit by another unexpected crisis this month: rabies. The death toll from an outbreak on the island of 3.1 million people rose to six on Monday, adding to the woes already faced by the Indonesian province after the downturn in the world's economy...
Doctors at Bali's largest hospital told the press they suspected that rabies was the cause of death for a resident admitted to the hospital last week convulsing and foaming at the mouth. The number of patients bitten by infected animals jumped from 15 in December to 10 each day since the beginning of January, according to officials. "It could be that in the past few months, there were a number of cases that weren't reported," Ken Wirasandhi, the hospital's director of services, told the Kompas daily. (See the top 10 animal stories...
...mass dog vaccination this weekend to help prevent the virus from spreading beyond the districts of Denpasar and Badung, where the first cases were reported in November. Since then, more than 6,200 dogs have been vaccinated and more than 280 stray dogs put to sleep. Bali Governor I Made Mangku Pastika has closed the island's borders to all dog traffic from outside, where the virus is believed to have originated...
...About half the world's 75,000 annual rabies deaths are in Asia, and most of those are in India. Though this is not the first time Indonesia has grappled with rabies - several parts of Java and Flores have reported outbreaks in the past - the fact that Bali has never before reported rabies makes it unusual. "They need to react rapidly before it becomes established in the population, after which time it will become very difficult and costly to eradicate," said a U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization official who asked not to be named. Part of the reason the disease...
...Tourism operators report that they have yet to see any cancellations as a result of the outbreak but admit that the problem needs to be dealt with quickly if they are to avoid losses. "It's another problem we didn't need," says Jack Daniels of Bali Discovery Tours. "But the government has been very aggressive in tackling it." In the meantime, visitors have been warned not to touch any animals that look as though they may be sick, including monkeys, which also carry the disease. "There is no need to be scared, but we are asking people to keep...