Rabies - Bulletin - Europe

WHO Collaborating Centre for Rabies Surveillance & Research

Alleged human rabies case linked to Morocco

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

English news media are reporting a case of rabies in a person from the UK who sadly died in hospital in June 2025 after presumably coming into contact with a rabid stray dog in Morocco. The rabies endemicity in Morocco remains a public health concern. In 2022, there were 17 human cases confirmed, and historically around 20 cases per year, with about 250–350 animal cases annually.

 

Read more here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/rabies-case-confirmed-following-contact-with-animal-abroad

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