GEORGIA - After multiple reports of rabies in metro Atlanta this year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is taking action to stop the spread at its source.

Rabies vaccines airdrop

What we know:

Despite the ongoing government shutdown, the USDA will move forward with plans to drop oral rabies vaccines across parts of North Georgia using helicopters and airplanes.

The airdrops will take place across North Georgia on October 14 and 15 via helicopter, followed by October 21 through 28 via airplane. Counties included in the operation are Chattooga, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Rabun, Towns, Union, Walker, and Whitfield.

Additional drops will also take place in Alabama, Tennessee, and North Carolina on those same dates.

In total, nearly 700,000 oral vaccines will be dis

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