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Cat Bites (Samantha) Fox – Rabies Reminder
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Numerous media sources have run the story over the past few days that high-profile English model and TV star Samantha Fox was bitten by a cat while holidaying in Koh Samui, Thailand and is receiving anti-rabies treatment. Apparently she had been feeding stray cats around the restaurant where she had been eating because she felt sorry for them, when one bit her. Wisely she attended a medical clinic on the island where a course of rabies vaccinations was started now continuing in the U.K.
This episode serves as a reminder to heed the advice we give to tourists - stay away from animals, don’t get friendly with them and do not feed them. There is a very real risk of being bitten and rabies is then a distinct possibility unless immediate rabies "Post Exposure" vaccination is commenced.
For further details on Rabies see the Fact Sheet on this site.
