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SANTA ANA, Calif.—Orange County health officials are reporting the discovery of a second rabid bat in the last month.
A bat found Oct. 6 outside the main lobby of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Building on Alton Parkway in Irvine has tested positive for rabies, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency.
Given the location and circumstances, the agency urged residents to be on alert and avoid contact with any bats.
“Contact with bats should be avoided, and any potential bat bite should be discussed with a medical provider,” the agency said.
Anyone who may have had physical contact with this bat or who saw someone else having contact with the bat was asked to call the agency’s Communicable Disease Control Division at 714-834-8180 to determine the risk for rabies....