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A total of 111 new dog bite cases have been reported by the Sarawak Health Department in the state so far.

The Sarawak State Disaster Management Committee secretariat in a statement Friday said the special committee would hold its meeting at the respective borders of both sides.

She said the risk of being infected with rabies not only came from dog bites.

Several areas in Sarawak are expected to be quarantined following an outbreak of rabies, especially in Serian.

No new case of rabies has been reported after July 1 in the Serian district of Sarawak where two of three infected children died yesterday, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam said today.

He said the six-year-old girl and four-year-old boy, both siblings, from Kampung Paon, Sungai Rimu, Serian, died at 1.43 pm and 1.46 pm, respectively, at the Sarawak General Hospital here.

Dog owners in the state are also advised to not transfer their pets from one place to another without an approval from the authorities.

The number of rabies cases in Penang, Perlis and Kedah has risen from 68 yesterday to 82 as of 2pm Tuesday, with Penang having the highest number of cases.

Based on the two cases of dog bites reported in the state last month,Datuk Sabry Ahmad said the dogs could have come from South Thailand, which was still not free from rabies.

More cases of humans being bitten by dogs and the culling of stray dogs have been reported in Perlis, Kedah and Penang which have been declared rabies-infected.

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