Friday, October 4, 2024

Child dies of rabies


 

A child bitten by a rabid bat has died.


Halidmand-Norfolk public health unit revealed the death during a recent board meeting.


The bat entered a room where child was sleeping and did not know that the bat scratched or bit him or her.


That was in August in Gowganda in the Temiskaming Region.

Another rabid bat bit a person in Brantford on Sept. 6.