Authorities on Taiwan have ordered tens of thousands of doses of the rabies vaccine.
The move comes amid the first rabies outbreak on the island in more than 50 years.
Health officials have been struggling to contain the outbreak since July 17th after authorities first confirmed the disease in a ferret.
Since then, 17 more ferrets have been found carrying rabies.
So far no humans have been affected.
The new doses of the human vaccine are expected to arrive in Taipei tomorrow.
Currently health authorities on Taiwan only have 3-thousand doses in stock.
Lin Bin-zhe is with the Animal Protection and Health Inspection Office in New Taipei City.
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