Concertgoers at the Salt Shed may have been exposed to bats during a show last month, according to The Chicago Department of Public Health.
The health department issued an exposure warning Friday through its Health Alert Network, with the alert level labeled as “high.” The CDPH also issued a statement denoting the time and location of the exposure.
“Possible exposure may have occurred on September 12, 2024, at the following location:
Date: September 12, 2024
Time: 5:00-10:00 pm
Location: Goose concert at the Salt Shed, 1357 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60642.”
Exposure treatment
According to the CDPH, anyone who attended the Salt Shed concert on September 12 and came in physical contact with a bat should immediately contact a healthcare provider to talk about rabies post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP). Bats in Chicago can carry the deadly rabies virus, but not all bats do.
Contact with a bat includes a scratch or bite, or any contact wherein a scratch or bite may have occurred. The CDPH notes that bats have extremely small teeth and a bite or scratch may not be visible to the human eye.