The rabies vaccines come in the form of briquettes with an edible mass to attract animals, with which authorities are trying to curb the spread of the disease nationwide.

According to the source, the vaccines will be dropped from aircraft in Ilomantsi, Virolahti, and the southern coast, from the eastern border to Pyhtää.

Rabies is a deadly, particularly dangerous, and naturally infectious disease transmitted by the saliva, through bites, of infected animals.

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