Seven reported dog-bite victims in Cemagi, Badung

Mangupura — Seven people, including two foreign nationals, were reported bitten by stray dogs in and around Cemagi village, Mengwi district, Badung, on 4 September 2026. The Badung Health Agency confirmed the report on 9 September, and authorities said the dog or dogs involved had not been found.

According to local reports, the victims received medical treatment at different facilities, including rabies centres, after the incidents. Officials did not identify every clinic involved, but they said the cases were handled separately and that the victims were treated according to standard medical procedures.

Authorities also said they could not yet determine whether the seven victims were attacked by one dog or several. The suspected animal remained missing, leaving its rabies status unconfirmed.

The incident adds to Bali’s continuing rabies concern, with regional officials warning that the disease remains a threat on the island. The Bali Regional Disaster Management Agency has said rabies was first recorded in Pecatu in 2008 and has pointed to ongoing control measures including public education, animal movement monitoring and rabies response teams at village level.

For residents and visitors, health officials reiterated the standard response to any dog bite or scratch: seek medical care immediately and do not wait for the animal to be found. Local reporting said patients in Cemagi were directed to nearby health facilities for treatment, including post-exposure care where needed.

Officials did not say whether police reports were filed or provide a public hotline for the case. They also did not specify the exact facilities used by each victim, beyond saying treatment was given at different locations.

What authorities confirmed

The Badung Health Agency said the reports covered seven victims in total, including two foreign nationals, and that all had received medical attention. Local media also reported that one of the foreign victims was an Australian who has since returned home, while the identity of the other was not disclosed.

Health officials said the bites occurred in a similar time frame on Friday, 4 September, in the Cemagi area. They said the search for the dog or dogs would continue and that sampling would be carried out if the animal was found.

The report does not identify any rabies diagnosis in the victims. Instead, it shows that the risk was treated as a precautionary rabies exposure while the animal remained unlocated.

That distinction matters for tourists and residents alike. A bite is a confirmed event; a rabies infection is not, unless the animal or the patient tests positive.

Rabies context in Bali

Bali’s disaster agency has said the island’s first rabies case was recorded in 2008 in Pecatu, and it has described measures such as public awareness campaigns, control of animals that can transmit rabies, and monitoring of animal movement.

Separate local reporting this month said Badung continued to record a high number of rabies-related animal bites and that the regency had not recorded a rabies death in the latest provincial update. The Cemagi case therefore sits within a wider public-health problem that remains active across Bali.

For anyone bitten by a dog in Bali, the immediate priority is to wash the wound thoroughly and seek treatment at the nearest health facility without delay.

Key figures

• 7 reported victims
• 2 foreign nationals among them
• 4 September 2026: the date of the bites
• 9 September 2026: the date the report was confirmed

Sources

• detikBali
• Tribun Bali
• Bali Regional Disaster Management Agency