The second meeting of the Standing Group of Experts on Rabies (SGE RAB2) was organised as a virtual meeting with over 50 participants present. The meeting objective was to verify the possibility to phase out oral rabies vaccination of wild carnivores in the region.
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Member Countries provided extremely interesting reports on their epidemiological situation, activities and plans in terms of oral vaccination against rabies. Following healthy and transparent discussions on the way forward, the consequent recommendations imply that vaccination is still required in view of the recent outbreaks and of the insufficient passive surveillance.
The actions of several countries depend on the insufficient funding available. The European Commission is willing to continue to provide adequate help.
