As local measles cases surge, LHSC tightens rules for hospital entry

Andrew Lupton · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 07, 2025 4:24 PM EST | Last Updated: 7 minutes ago

Amid a worsening measles outbreak infecting unvaccinated radical crossed southwestern Ontario, London's largest infirmary has implemented caller restrictions for visitors successful a determination to curtail the spread.  

Until further notice, visitors to London Health Sciences Children's Hospital and Women's Care programme volition beryllium required to: 

• Limit to 1 the fig of parents/caregivers allowed to enactment with children portion they person care. This applies to each paediatric patients who are admitted to hospital, being seen successful the exigency section oregon attending outpatient appointments. There volition beryllium case-by-case exceptions for captious oregon palliative cases. 
• All parents/caregivers volition beryllium screened earlier entering and indispensable supply impervious of measles immunity oregon deterioration an N95 disguise astatine each times. Proof of immunity includes a certificate showing 2 doses of the MMR vaccine, those calved earlier 1970, oregon humor enactment results that amusement antibodies to the virus. Those who are unaware of their vaccination presumption tin interaction their section Public Health Unit oregon superior attraction provider.
• No siblings, different household members oregon friends volition beryllium allowed to participate different than the designated parent/caregiver. 

Rod Lim, the hospital's manager of pediatric exigency medicine, said the infirmary is making the changes "to beryllium proactive" amid a surge successful cases. 

"We person a ample proportionality of the measles cases successful Canada successful the surrounding counties," said Lim. 

Southwest Ontario has seen a sharp spike successful measles cases since the caller year, with the bulk of cases among unvaccinated cases successful agrarian areas extracurricular of London.