A bat in Brantford, Ont., tested positive for rabies and is suspected to have bitten someone, the Brant County Health Unit says.
That person is not showing rabies symptoms, the health unit said in a news release this week, but is being treated for exposure to the virus as a precaution.
Lab testing confirmed the bat had rabies and it's now dead now.
This is the first case of suspected human exposure to an animal with rabies this year in the Brantford-Brant region, the health unit said.
Recently another Brant County person was bitten by a rabid bat while near Temiskaming in Northern Ontario. That was the first case in Ontario since 2016.
