SANTA ANA, Calif.—A bat found at a parking lot in Fountain Valley tested positive for rabies, according to Orange County health officials.
The animal was found at around 10:30 a.m. Sept. 14 at Pickleball Court No. 1 at the Fountain Valley Tennis Center on 16400 Brookhurst Street.
Given the location and circumstance, the Orange County Health Care 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 Health Care Agency’s Communicable Disease Control Division at 714-834-8180 to determine the risk for rabies….