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Found In Room With 4 People

Sleeping, Bat Tests For Rabies

A baby North American bat

ONEONTA – A second bat, this one retrieved from a room in Oneonta where four people were sleeping, tested positive for rabies today, the county Health Department announced.

The bat was captured and sent for rabies testing; the people exposed were started on post-exposure treatment.

This is the second local rabies alert:  On April 14, a skunk tested positive in the Town of Hartwick.

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