2 new measles cases confirmed in southern Manitoba

CBC News

· Posted: Apr 23, 2025 9:26 PM EDT | Last Updated: 32 minutes ago

Public wellness officials are informing the nationalist astir a potential measles vulnerability astatine a schoolhouse successful confederate Manitoba aft 2 caller cases were confirmed Wednesday afternoon.

The two individuals attended Southwood School, an simple schoolhouse successful Steinbach, the state said successful a quality bulletin. The cases are related to caller planetary question to Mexico, it said.

Anyone who was astatine the schoolhouse during schoolhouse hours oregon aft schoolhouse until 5:30 p.m. connected April 14 and 15, oregon rode schoolhouse autobus #2683 betwixt 8 a.m. and 10:35 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. those 2 days whitethorn person been exposed, and should show symptoms until May 7.

Public Health is communicating straight with the schoolhouse to notify unit and families, the quality bulletin said. Anyone who whitethorn person been exposed but has not been straight notified is being asked to contact Health Links at 204-788-8200 oregon toll-free astatine 1-888-315-9257.

As of April 7, six cases of measles cases had been confirmed and 4 had been marked arsenic probable successful Manitoba this year, according to provincial data.