12-year-old boy dies from rabies in Azerbaijan's Agdam region

Khalilov Hatam Hadi, 12, was bitten by his dog. As the injury was slight, boy's parents did not pay attention to it. Some days later, the child began to cough. Though they went to the doctor several times, he felt worse day after day. Hatam Khalilov’s relatives told APA’s correspondent that they did not tell the doctor that the child had been bitten.

When he was taken to the capital, it became known he had been infected with rabies. He died on June 12. The staff of Aghdam central hospital has taken the settlement under the control. Khalilov’s relatives said the dog, which had bitten the schoolboy, ran away. Agdam central hospital told Apa’s Karabakh bureau that Hatam Khalilov’s relatives, neighbors and everybody, who contacted him, were vaccinated against the rabies.


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