The Brant County Health Unit says one person is in hospital after being exposed to rabies in the Timiskaming region
The Brant County Health Unit did not say how the person was exposed, but noted that bats across Ontario have tested positive for rabies.A public health unit in southern Ontario is reporting the province’s first human case of rabies in more than half a century.
The Brant County Health Unit says the person is in hospital after being exposed to rabies in the Timiskaming region in the northern part of the province. The health unit did not say how the person was exposed, but noted that bats across Ontario have tested positive for rabies. However, officials say the virus is very rare in people, and hasn’t been detected in a human in Ontario since 1967.Officials say there has never been a documented case of human-to-human rabies spread, but the patient’s family is being monitored for symptoms and offered treatment nonetheless.
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