A resident of Crimea died of rabies after being bitten by his cat

A resident of Crimea died of rabies after being bitten by a domestic cat. This was reported in the Regional Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology.

The cat bit the man in November 2025, but he did not go to doctors and did not undergo a course of anti-rabies vaccination. As a result, the man died in April, but information about this was published only now.

The Ministry noted that the situation with rabies in the Crimea remains tense. Foci of the disease are periodically detected among domestic and wild animals throughout the country.

Every year, after animal bites, about 6.5 thousand residents of Crimea seek medical help. More than a thousand of them receive the rabies vaccine.

Rabies is a deadly disease that affects the nervous system. The only effective protection is timely vaccination after a bite. If you do not get vaccinated in time, the infected person will die. The incubation period can last from several days to a year.

Earlier, Rospotrebnadzor named the main carriers of rabies in Russia.