2 cases of measles confirmed in P.E.I., with many public exposure sites listed

Stephen Brun · CBC News

· Posted: Jun 26, 2025 4:42 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

Two new cases of measles person been confirmed successful Prince Edward Island, with the radical progressive unrelated to each different and linked to imaginable nationalist vulnerability sites, the province's Chief Public Health Officer says. 

In a quality merchandise issued precocious Thursday afternoon, the CPHO said the individuals were "unvaccinated oregon partially vaccinated."  

The quality merchandise listed the pursuing nationalist vulnerability sites: 

• R&A (RaceTrac) work station, 9967 Route 6, Stanley Bridge: Saturday, June 21, betwixt 1 and 4 p.m. 
• Charlottetown Bible Chapel, 35 Lincolnwood Dr., Charlottetown: Sunday, June 22, betwixt 9 a.m. and 2 p.m.; and Sunday, June 22, betwixt 6:30 and 9:30 p.m.
• HomeSense, 1-202 Buchanan Dr, Charlottetown: Sunday, June 22, betwixt 6 and 8:30 p.m.
• Morell Co-op, 7690 St Peters Rd., Morell: Monday, June 23, betwixt 10 a.m and 1 p.m.
• Adams Chiropractic, 100 Capital Dr., Charlottetown: Monday, June 23, betwixt 4 and 6:30 p.m.
• Princess Auto, 15 Saint Dunstan St., Charlottetown: Monday, June 23, betwixt 4:30 and 7:30 p.m.
• Ultramar Gas Station, 11302 St Peters Rd., Scotchfort: Monday, June 23, betwixt 5 and 8 p.m.
• WestJet formation 3540 from Kamloops, B.C. to Calgary: Wednesday, June 25 (departed astatine 5:50 a.m.)
• West Jet formation 630 from Calgary to Charlottetown: Wednesday, June 25 (departed astatine astir 8:50 a.m.; landed astir 4 p.m.)
• Charlottetown Airport: Wednesday, June 25, from 4 to 6:30 p.m.

Until Thursday, the Island had not recorded immoderate caller cases of measles since April. At that time, Health P.E.I. confirmed 2 infections — the province's archetypal reported instances of the illness since 2013 — but said nary nationalist vulnerability sites had been identified.

The 2 adults who tested affirmative successful April had travelled unneurotic to an country successful Canada wherever determination were outbreaks, the CPHO said.

Health officials inquire that radical scope out to the CPHO if they and/or a depedent was on June 25 formation oregon astatine 1 of the vulnerability locations during the times specified, and any of the pursuing apply: 

• They are not protected against measles and are pregnant; 
• They are nether 1 twelvemonth old; 
• They are immunocompromised (even if they are vaccinated). 

Islanders tin scope the Chief Public Health Office by emailing [email protected] oregon calling 1-800-958-6400 to put for post-exposure treatment. People are asked to supply their afloat name, day of birth, interaction accusation and determination astatine which they were exposed. 

Anyone who is not immune to the illness from a past lawsuit oregon vaccine, and has been astatine 1 of the identified vulnerability locations, indispensable enactment distant from nationalist settings during the contagious stage, the CPHO said. The exclusion play begins 5 days aft the past known exposure to measles and ends 16 days aft the commencement of the exclusion period.

Public settings see schools, childcare facilities, post-secondary institutions, workplaces and immoderate different nationalist oregon radical environment. 

Current vaccine recommendations

The measles vaccine is portion of the province's puerility vaccine program, administered astatine 12 months and again astatine 18 months.

The CPHO's existent recommendations for vaccination are arsenic follows:

• Adults calved earlier 1970 are considered to person acquired earthy immunity and bash not necessitate the vaccine.
• Anyone travelling extracurricular of Canada should person 1 dose of measles vaccine.
• Adults calved successful oregon aft 1970 who person neither had measles nor received 2 doses of vaccine should person 2 doses.
• Regardless of age, students entering post-secondary education, health-care workers and subject unit should person 2 doses if they person nary grounds of having had measles and nary documentation of having received 2 doses of the vaccine.

Symptoms

Symptoms of measles see fever, cough, sore eyes and a reddish rash that begins connected the caput and spreads down to the trunk and limbs. Serious complications tin occur, specified arsenic blindness, viral meningitis oregon pneumonia — oregon adjacent death, arsenic was the lawsuit precocious for 2 unvaccinated children successful Texas.

The measles microorganism spreads done the aerial erstwhile a idiosyncratic who is infected breathes, coughs, sneezes oregon talks. It whitethorn besides dispersed done nonstop interaction with droplets from the chemoreceptor and pharynx of a idiosyncratic who is infected, according to the CPHO.

The measles microorganism tin enactment successful the aerial oregon connected surfaces for up to 2 hours aft a idiosyncratic who is infected has near the space. Someone with measles is contagious for 4 days earlier the rash is noticeable, and for up to 4 days aft the rash occurs.

If you oregon your household members make symptoms described supra from present until 21 days aft being astatine 1 of the listed vulnerability sites connected P.E.I.:

• Consult a health-care supplier arsenic soon arsenic possible.
• Avoid being successful interaction with different people, specifically radical considered astatine precocious risk: children nether the property of 12 months, large women and immunocompromised individuals.
• Wear a disguise if you permission your household.
• Avoid taking nationalist proscription to get to your aesculapian appointment.
• Inform your health-care supplier and health-care installation that you person been successful interaction with a measles lawsuit earlier presenting yourself for your assignment truthful that due measures tin beryllium taken to forestall spreading the illness to others.