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Statement from the Chief Medical Officer of Health
September 06, 2024
TORONTO — Today, Dr. Kieran Moore, Chief Medical Officer of Health, issued the following statement:
“Brant County Health Unit has received laboratory confirmation of a human case of rabies in a resident of Brantford-Brant. The illness is suspected to have been acquired from direct contact with a bat in Ontario. To ensure privacy for the family, no further information about the individual will be released.
As a precaution, family members, health care providers and other close contacts are being assessed and offered post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), as needed...
Statement from the Chief Medical Officer of Health
September 06, 2024
TORONTO — Today, Dr. Kieran Moore, Chief Medical Officer of Health, issued the following statement:
“Brant County Health Unit has received laboratory confirmation of a human case of rabies in a resident of Brantford-Brant. The illness is suspected to have been acquired from direct contact with a bat in Ontario. To ensure privacy for the family, no further information about the individual will be released.
As a precaution, family members, health care providers and other close contacts are being assessed and offered post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), as needed...