An Ontario health official says a child has died of rabies after being exposed to a bat in the northern part of the province. Dr.

A child in the Canadian province of Ontario has died from rabies after being exposed to a bat in their bedroom, Canadian health officials have said. The death was made public by Dr Malcolm Lock of the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit,

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.

A Brantford, Ont., child has died from rabies after contact with a bat in the first domestically acquired case of human rabies since 1967. Health officials believe the child was exposed to the disease in the Temiskaming region,

A tragic case in Ontario, Canada, has health officials on alert after a child succumbed to a rabies virus they likely contracted from a bat encountered while sleeping. There were no evident signs of injury,

The child had become exposed to the virus overnight before waking up to find the creature in the room in Ontario, Canada

An Ontario health official says a child in the province has died of rabies after being exposed to a bat. Dr. Malcolm Lock, the acting medical officer of health for the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit, confirmed the death during a board of health meeting.