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The man succumbed to rabies encephalitis at 6.29pm on September 8. Stock Photo
KUCHING. September 9: Sarawak recorded its 24th death from rabies after a 51-year-old man succumbed to the disease yesterday.
Tan Sri Health Director General Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah said the victim was from Jalan Penrissen here.
The virus was detected through a laboratory test at the Institute for Medical Research (IMR) last Friday (September 4), it said via the Health Ministry website.
“The man succumbed to rabies encephalitis at 6.29pm yesterday (September 8),” he said.
The man was taken into custody at Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) here for back pain on August 26.
Before that, he was unable to move for three days and was also vomiting and suffering from epilepsy.
Initial investigations could not confirm whether or not he had a history of dog or animal bites, although he had a dog and a cat as pets and that the dog has not yet been vaccinated against rabies.
To date, the behavior of the dog and cat is normal and shows no signs of change.
With this latest death, the ministry recorded three deaths in 2020 alone, Dr. Noor Hisham said.
Since the rabies outbreak was declared on July 1, 2017 in Sarawak, the state has recorded 25 cases of the disease, including 24 fatalities, it added.
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