Child Dies of Rabies After Bat Broke Into Bedroom [Video]

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 case marks the first domestically acquired instance of human rabies in Ontario since 1967. The child, whose name, age and other information have not been released, was in a hospital last month, according to Canada’s CBC news outlet.

“They woke up with a bat in their room,” Malcolm Lock, a doctor at the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit, said Wednesday at a health board meeting, the CBC reported. “The parents looked, didn’t see any signs of a bite or scratches or saliva and didn’t seek getting a rabies vaccine.”

Rabies is a deadly diseasethat affects the central nervous system of mammals, including humans. It is caused by the rabies virus, which is …