The Jalisco Health Secretariat (SSJ) has kicked off its Canine and Feline Rabies Vaccination Intensification Day 2022 program, in which they expect to apply more than 292,000 doses during the next four months.

Jalisco Secretary of Health Fernando Petersen Aranguren attended the inauguration of the state day on Saturday in the Parque de la Solidaridad on the border of Guadalajara and Tonalá, and invited residents “to keep away the rabies of our dogs and cats. That they go to one of the more than 430 stalls that will be installed in the state throughout these four months.”

The fixed vaccination points will be installed in 11 parks in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area (AMG), 5 pet-friendly shopping malls, 10 Animal Health Centers, and 232 Health Centers of the Jalisco Health Services OPD distributed throughout the State.

The general director of the OPD Jalisco Health Services, José de Jesús Méndez de Lira, said that rabies is a threat to public health.