The last dose of rabies vaccine can be postponed for one week. If you encounter special circumstances that require you to postpone your last rabies vaccination, you can postpone it for a few days, and it is recommended that you postpone it for no more than one week. If you are bitten or scratched by an animal carrying the rabies virus, the virus can invade your body through the wound and cause rabies, which can cause symptoms such as anxiety and agitation, extreme fear, fear of water or wind, choking, and mental abnormalities. Since there is no cure for rabies, injured patients need to be vaccinated against rabies in a timely manner. It is usually prescribed that a rabies vaccination is required on the day of the bite, 3 days, 7 days, 14 days and 28 days, for a total of five shots. Rabies vaccinations should be administered strictly according to the prescribed schedule, with no arbitrary postponements or reductions in the number of doses, and the entire process should be completed strictly in order to produce sufficient immune-specific antibodies. The main purpose of the last rabies vaccination is to stimulate the body to produce more antibodies and to allow a higher concentration of antibodies to ensure that the antibodies last longer in the body, to maintain an effective concentration, and to consolidate and strengthen the antibodies’ ability to protect against the disease. If you are unable to receive the last dose in time due to special reasons, you can postpone it for no more than one week, but you still need to go to the vaccination site as soon as possible to complete the last dose, so as to avoid the lack of antibody concentration, which will not play a role in preventing the disease.