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The health ministry is considering a move to restrict the export of anti-rabies vaccines following concerns over dwindling supplies. India accounts for 36% of rabies deaths in the world, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which has set a target of eliminating rabies from South-East Asia by 2020. The ...

A 35-year-old woman from Satara died of rabies at the civic body’s Naidu Infectious Diseases Hospital on Monday, a month after she was bitten by a stray dog. This was the second death due to rabies at the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)-run hospital this year. Rekha Karche, a resident of ...