India, Jan. 5 -- The Delhi Government is all set to declare human rabies as a notifiable disease in the national Capital under the Epidemic Diseases Act in an effort to strengthen surveillance and ensure timely treatment.

"This is an important step toward our goal of zero human deaths from rabies in Delhi," said Delhi Health Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh.

On notification, all Government and private health facilities, including medical colleges and individual practitioners, will be required to report suspected, probable, and confirmed cases of human rabies to the concerned health authorities, said an official statement.

The move aims to strengthen disease surveillance, ensure timely reporting of cases, and enable swift public health actio...