Huron Perth Public Health announced Tuesday a bat tested positive for rabies in South Huron.
It’s the second bat to test positive in the counties in 2025.
HPPH said two to three per cent of Ontario’s bat population is infected with the rabies virus.
“Humans exposed to the virus – usually through a bite or scratch from an infected animal – require medical treatment to avoid death.”
HPPH said to prevent people from getting rabies, they investigate all human-animal exposures like bites and scratches, or infectious material from animals getting into your eyes, nose, or an open wound.
If you’ve been exposed to a bat, public health ask you to confine the bat if possible and to wear thick gloves so you can avoid touching a bat with bare hands.
Other tips include washing any affected part of your body with soap and water and get medical help immediately, caulk holes in the exterior of your home, and to keep all doors tightly closed when going outside and coming in.
