Published on
02/07/2026 - 13:46 GMT+2
An 11-year-old boy died from rabies in Canada after he woke up to find a bat "on his nose and mouth," according to a report in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
The boy died in hospital in Ontario after developing severe symptoms including bulbar palsy, a neurological condition affecting the nerves controlling muscles used for speaking, swallowing, and breathing.
His family said that around 19 days before the onset of initial symptoms, he had been staying in a cottage in northern Ontario, where he had been awoken by a bat on his face.
