Fremont – A dead hit found earlier this week in Fremont positive for the rabies virus, police said.
The bat was discovered on Tuesday at a residence near Salle Terrace, said Fremont’s police department in a press release. He was collected and sent for tests.
The Alameda County Public Health Department confirmed that the bat had the rabies virus, police said.
The human or animal exposure was not known, but the resident’s dog was revacted and put in quarantine for 30 days “by caution,” said the police.
The last confirmed case of the city of a rabid bat was in 2019, police said.
Alameda County Vectors Control, the leading agency investigating the incident, plans to make door notifications through the area where the bat, said the police.
Rabies is a viral disease that is deadly in people if medical care is not received before symptoms begin, according to disease control and prevention centers. It extends to humans and pets mainly through bites or scratches of an infected animal.
According to the CDC, every year 60,000 Americans receive medical care after a possible exposure of rabies.
Police urged anyone who has touched or were bitten by the BAT to contact the Public Health Communicable Diseases program of Alameda County at 510-267-3250 and seek medical care. In addition, anyone whose pet had contact with the bat should call Fremont Animal Services at 510-790-6635 and talk to their veterinarian, police said.
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