A child in Canada woke up with a bat in his room. Although the parents could find no evidence of a bite, scratch or saliva, the child died of rabies.
A child is loud CBS died of rabies. The incident took place in the Canadian province of Ontario.
Child wakes up with a bat in the room and gets rabies
The child is said to have woken up with a bat in the room, according to Dr. Malcolm Lock, chief medical officer at the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit in Ontario, informs. He goes on to say, according to CBS, that the parents saw “no signs of a bite or scratch or saliva” and did not have the child vaccinated against rabies.
In Canada, according to “City News“There have been fewer than 30 cases of rabies in humans since 1924.
Rabies: “Once you have symptoms, no treatment can help”
How “gesund.bund.de” writes, rabies is “a fatal viral disease that is transmitted through the bite of an infected animal. Germany is considered rabies-free.”
Anyone who has been bitten by an animal should, according to “msdmanuals.com“Consult a doctor and have him check whether a vaccination against rabies is necessary. When vaccinated immediately after the bite, the disease almost never breaks out. “Once you have symptoms, no treatment can help and you are likely to die,” msdmanuals.com warns.
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