Ontario confirms first human rabies case in province since 1967

Ontario health authorities confirmed a person was infected by rabies, the first human case identified in the province since 1967.The Brant County Health Unit (BCHU) said in a news release Friday that it “has received confirmation of a human case of rabies in a resident of Brantford-Brant,” about 40 km west of Hamilton.The suspected exposure was from a bat and occurred in the Gowganda area of the Timiskaming region, in northeastern Ontario, the release says. The infected individual is hospitalized.