Manitoba reports 7 more measles cases from last week

CBC News

· Posted: Jun 18, 2025 2:42 PM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago

Seven much measles cases were confirmed successful Manitoba during the 2nd week of June, the state reported successful its play update Wednesday.

The alteration brings the full fig of confirmed measles cases reported this period to 14, with different 4 cases deemed probable.

The astir existent information disposable lone goes to June 14.

Altogether, determination person been 105 confirmed and 8 probable measles cases successful the state this year. In May alone, Manitoba reported 72 measles cases, amid an outbreak of the microorganism crossed Canada that began successful October 2024.

The highly contagious microorganism spreads done droplets formed successful the aerial erstwhile coughing oregon sneezing, and an infected idiosyncratic tin dispersed the microorganism from 4 days earlier the measles rash appears until 4 days aft that.

Measles symptoms mostly look 7 to 21 days aft exposure, and whitethorn see a fever, runny nose, drowsiness and reddish eyes. Small achromatic spots tin besides look connected the wrong of the rima oregon throat, the state said.

Immunization is the lone mode to support radical from contracting measles, wellness officials say. 

The MMR vaccine for measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (chickenpox) is routinely fixed aft kids crook one, with a 2nd changeable fixed astatine property 4 to six successful Manitoba. If a kid is exposed to measles, the 2nd dose tin beryllium fixed earlier.

The state precocious expanded vaccine eligibility to commencement astatine six months for children who were evacuated from their communities due to the fact that of wildfires and who whitethorn beryllium staying successful confederate Manitoba, wherever determination person been measles outbreaks.

Manitoba has besides expanded eligibility for vaccines to infants arsenic young arsenic six months aged surviving successful the Southern Health portion and the Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority area.