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Sri Lanka risks rapid spread of rabies as vaccines run out

COLOMBO, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) — Rabies might spread rapidly in Sri Lanka in 2023 due to shortages in vaccines, a health official said here on Wednesday.

Director of Public Health Veterinary Services L.D. Kithsiri told journalists that there were no vaccines in storage units in Kandy, Galle, Matara, Hambantota, Colombo, and Gampaha districts.

Twenty-eight people died last year from rabies and out of that 17 co