Eleven people arrived at the Poriya Medical Center (Tzafon Medical Center) over recent hours apparently bitten by a jackal, three of them minors. All were treated, given required vaccines and released, except a woman who arrived from a different beach later in the evening.
The Poriya Medical Center (Tzafon Medical Center) in the Tiberias area received 11 patients over recent hours for apparent jackal bites, three of them minors, according to medical reporter Guy Varon (N12). All patients received treatment and required vaccines and were discharged, with the exception of one woman who arrived from a different beach later in the evening and remains hospitalized. The incident is the first significant jackal-bite event reported in the area this season. No further details on the circumstances of the bites, or on any search for the animal, have been reported.
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