Tests confirm youth had rabies

LONDON - A teenager bitten by an animal on a trip to Nigeria did have rabies, hospital officials confirmed last night

LONDON - A teenager bitten by an animal on a trip to Nigeria did have rabies, hospital officials confirmed last night. The 18 year old youth died on Sunday night at Coppetts Wood Hospital, London, after being admitted to a casualty department at a nearby hospital the previous day.

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