panaji mission rabies has found only a single case of a canine with rabies in 2022 in goa compared to seven cases last year and 24 during the pandemic year of 2020although goa has been declared a rabiescontrolled state mission rabies has recorded eleven cases of rabies in dogs just outside goas borders this year in view of this it has changed its vaccination strategy and stopped doortodoor vaccination in seven talukas in goa which are away from the borders it will continue only static point free vaccination once a year in these talukas the last one ended on tuesday in margaoit however continues doortodoor vaccination at pernem bicholim sattari dharbandora and canacona the pet owners are requested to avail this opportunity to get their dogs vaccinated against rabies without fail because the bordering states are highly endemic for rabies so migration of virus from these places is possible until these states become rabiesfree like goa says dr murugan appupillai director of education at mission rabiesproject manager of mission rabies julie corfmart said the rabid dog cases in goa have reduced considerably we have not had a single human death due to rabies since september 2017 we used to pick up around 70 rabid dogs in a year when i first came down to goa now we are only seeing rabid dogs on the border areas she said the rabies hotspots of margao vasco st cruz and chimbel are no longer found to be hotspots hoardings have been put up at railway stations and border security toll check points informing entrants that goa is a rabies controlled state and asking people to vaccinate their pets if theyre bringing them into goa murugan said