Cotabato girl dies from rabies; contact tracing on for villagers

KIDAPAWAN CITY —Rural Health Unit (RHU) workers in Makilala, Cotabato province have begun tracing villagers who attended the burial of a six-year-old girl who died from rabies so they can be vaccinated, a village official said.

Melvin Fortajada, a kagawad (councilor) of Barangay Malasila, said that RHU workers are prepared to conduct mass anti-rabies vaccination ...