Bat tests positive for rabies in suburbs
MCHENRY COUNTY, Ill. — Health officials in McHenry County announced Thursday a bat found in the county has tested positive for rabies.
The bat was found in a home in Ringwood, according to a news relates from the McHenry County Department of Health. The statement said there was no human exposure.
This is the first positive case of rabies in a bat for 2025 in McHenry.
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'Bite and scratch exposures from a bat can be very small and may go unnoticed. Therefore, McHenry County residents who find a bat in their home, encounter it, or were in the same room as the bat while sleeping should confine the bat to an enclosed room by closing the door and sealing any gaps at the base with a towel,' the statement said.
Anyone with questions or concerns about rabies exposure, should contact the MCDH's Communicable Disease Program by calling (815) 334-4500.
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