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Canadian boy dies of rabies after waking to find bat on his face
Eleven-year-old developed symptoms 19 days after encounter in Ontario in ‘exceedingly rare’ case
Doctors in Canada say a child who awoke to find a bat resting on his nose and mouth while visiting an Ontario cottage later died of rabies, in an “exceedingly rare case” that highlights the need for better public awareness.
In a report published this week in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, infectious disease physicians confirmed that the 11-year-old boy died from rabies, a fatality they said probably could have been prevented with greater awareness of how the virus is transmitted.
The child was in northern Ontario with his family in 2024 when he woke up and found a bat on his face. He swatted it away and his father quickly caught it in a pot and released it outside.
Canadian boy died after awaking to rabies-infected bat on his face
A Canadian boy died from rabies weeks after he woke up with a bat on his face, a new report in a medical journal has revealed.
The 11-year-old boy was visiting a cottage in northern Ontario in 2024 when he was awoken by the bat on his nose and mouth, doctors from the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health at the University of Manitoba said in the Canadian Medical Association Journal report.
The boy died weeks after coming into contact with a bat in northern Ontario, Canada. Getty
The boy, who was not named in the report, swatted the bat off his face and his father caught the animal in a cooking pot and released it outside.
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