The Chicago Department of Public Health issued a warning that attendees of a recent outdoor concert at the popular Salt Shed music venue may have been exposed to rabies-carrying bats.
The CDPH noted in a release that bats in and around the Chicago area have been found to carry rabies, though not all of them do.
The CPDH noted that if attendees did not come in contact with a bat during the concert, there was no cause for concern.
“If you attended the concert but did not have contact with a bat, then there are no further actions that you need to take,” the release said.
“People get rabies from the bite of an animal infected with the rabies virus (a rabid animal).
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