As of the first quarter of this year, rabies-infected animals were detected in 369 settlements of Ukraine. For comparison, in the same period in 2023, this number was 190 settlements. This was announced by the head of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection Serhiy Tkachuk during a briefing on Tuesday, an UNN correspondent reports.
As of the first quarter, we have identified 369 settlements where rabies animals have been confirmed. Comparatively, in the first quarter of 2023, there were 190 such settlements, and in total for the year there were more than 1,000 such settlements where it was fully confirmed that the animal with which they came into contact had rabies
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