ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC/WKZO) – A bat may be a familiar symbol of Halloween, but the Allegan County Health Department is not fooling around when it comes to the real flying mammal and rabies.
On Friday department officials revealed a confirmed case of this contagious and dangerous disease in a bat within the county.
No other details as to the precise location where this infected animal was located, when it was located, or whether there were any human victims that may have been bitten by this bat, were disclosed.
While this is the first such instance this year, it’s the sixth detection of animal rabies found in a bat over the past four-plus years.
The health department, as is usually its routine whenever it discloses such cases, uses the occasion more to pass along tips to the public as to general prevention, rather than divulging particular circumstances that could compromise any privacy concerns. Therefore, online links to such safety information are here for the CDC, here for the state health department, and here for the Allegan County Health Department.
