Film and Television, there is terror of the "blood-sucking ghost ", in real life there are terrible vampire bats. Recently, a remote provinces of Peru, very hot vampire bat incident, about 2,300 residents were bitten by bats, and killed at least 12 children died. Currently, the Peruvian government and international organizations have expressed the close attention of the vaccine have been rushed to local emergency transport.
To 6-year-old children do not die
February 3, according to Agence France-Presse reported that the incident was very hot bats in Peru Kangduokangqi province, where 860 kilometers from Lima, Peru, belonging to more remote areas.
Local health department officials confirmed that from September last year, in January of this year, already has about 2,300 residents were 名康多康奇 vampire bat bites province, including nearly 300 children. Vampire bats carrying the virus, so the hidden lethal to at least 12 children have been infected with the virus died. Health officials said that the vampire bats usually sleep in an attack in January of this year so far, almost every day by the local vampire bat bites. By vampire bats killed 12 children aged life is not to 6 years old.
Government has launched emergency rescue
Peruvian health officials also disclosed that the Kangduokangqi in remote provinces, some locals usually do not believe modern medicine. After being bitten by vampire bats, and some people do not immediately Xunyi inquiry, not to mention the rabies vaccine, so this is unfortunately resulting in 12 children, one of the causes of death.
Now, the Peruvian Ministry of Health has designated as a local "emergency area", the Government has delivered a large number of emergency rabies vaccine, and launched a vaccination campaign, patience to persuade the local people to protect themselves with modern medicine.Meanwhile, UNICEF, the World Health Organization will also provide the appropriate assistance