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3rd victim dies of rabies in Sarawak

Jul 13, 2017

A third victim has died of rabies in Sarawak. 

The death of the 7-year-old girl this afternoon, comes just over a week after two siblings also died of the disease.

A fourth patient, also a young child, remains in critical condition. 

This comes as the Sarawak government declared another village in the district of Serian as a rabies-infected area, taking the total number of affected villages to seven.