Confirmed measles case in Edmonton region prompts potential measles exposure warning

CBC News

· Posted: Apr 21, 2025 10:06 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 minutes ago

Alberta Health Services issued advisories connected Friday to pass astir imaginable vulnerability to a confirmed measles lawsuit successful the Edmonton region.

AHS says the confirmed lawsuit successful the Edmonton Zone was successful nationalist settings portion infectious. AHS notes 3 locations that had hazard of exposure:

• April 10 at the Kinder Care Medical Clinic connected 107th Avenue successful Edmonton, from 1:45 p.m. to 4:38 p.m.
• April 11 astatine Ross Creek Medical Imaging successful Fort Saskatchewan, from 07:50 a.m. to 11 a.m.
• April 14 astatine ROKband Pediatric Headshape Clinic connected 50th Street successful Edmonton, from 9 a.m. to noon.

The wellness bureau says anyone who was calved successful oregon aft 1970 and has had little than 2 doses of measles-containing vaccine is astatine risk, and is encouraging Albertans to reappraisal their vaccination records and show for symptoms.

Measles is 1 of the astir infectious communicable diseases successful the satellite and spreads easy done the air.

The state has not updated its measles dashboard since Thursday, truthful it is not known whether the confirmed lawsuit successful Edmonton Zone is reported successful its latest numbers. As of Thursday, the total fig of confirmed cases to day is 89. Of those, 83 individuals are present past the play of communicability, the state says.

Measles symptoms include:

• High fever.
• Cough.
• Runny nose.
• Red eyes.
• A blotchy, reddish rash that appears 3 to 7 days aft the fever starts.

If symptoms of measles develop, radical are being told by AHS to enactment location and telephone Health Link astatine 811. If the infected idiosyncratic needs medical care, they should telephone Health Link earlier visiting immoderate health-care facility.