South Carolina Department Of Health And Environmental Control Reports One Person Possibly Exposed To Rabid Fox In Pickens County
(Seneca, SC)———The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control reported recently that one person in Pickens County has been referred to their health care provider after coming in contact with a fox that tested positive for rabies.
According to a release from SCDHEC, the victim was attacked by a fox in Pickens on July 23rd. The fox was submitted to DHEC’s laboratory for testing on July 23rd and was confirmed to have rabies on July 24th.
The Pickens County fox was the first animal in Pickens County to test positive for rabies in 2019. So far this year, there have been 85 cases of rabid animals statewide