A child from the Brantford, Ont., area has died from rabies, says a local medical officer of health. Dr. Malcolm Lock of the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit told councillors at a board of health meeting Wednesday that the child had been exposed to the virus in the Timiskaming region, just north of Sudbury.

A child in the Canadian province of Ontario has died from rabies after being exposed to a bat in their bedroom, Canadian health officials have said. The death was made public by Dr Malcolm Lock of the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit,

A child in Canada has died after contracting rabies from a bat that found its way into the youngster's bedroom. The child, who lived with family in the Brantford region of Ontario, died after being infected with the virus in the Timiskaming region.

"The parents looked, didn't see any signs of a bite or scratches or saliva, and didn't seek getting a rabies vaccine," a health official said.

A child in Ontario has died from rabies after a bat was discovered in their bedroom, prompting concerns about potential exposure.

"They woke up with a bat in their bedroom," a Canadian health official said of a child in Ontario. The parents saw no signs of a bite or scratches so did not take their child to receive the rabies vaccine,

The parents did not notice the bat that flew into their child's bedroom, resulting in the child dying from rabies contracted from the animal. Canadian media are raising the alarm as this is the first such case in nearly sixty years.

A tragic case in Ontario, Canada, has health officials on alert after a child succumbed to a rabies virus they likely contracted from a bat encountered while sleeping. There were no evident signs of injury,