Measles cases confirmed in Edmonton, triggering public health warning 

CBC News

· Posted: Mar 17, 2025 9:19 AM EDT | Last Updated: 9 minutes ago

Confirmed measles cases successful the Edmonton portion person nationalist wellness officials issuing a informing astir the imaginable hazard of exposure. 

In a nationalist wellness advisory issued precocious Sunday, Alberta Health Services said cases person been confirmed successful the Edmonton region, including 2 instances when the highly contagious illness could person dispersed to others astatine section aesculapian facilities.

The advisory said radical who were astatine the Stollery Children's Hospital's emergency section betwixt March 14 astatine 10 p.m. and March 15 astatine 12:30 a.m. whitethorn person been exposed.

Anyone who was astatine the Belle Rive Medicentres Family Health Care Clinic successful northeast Edmonton connected March 12 betwixt 2:15 p.m. and astir 5:15 p.m. is besides astatine hazard of exposure, Alberta Health Services cautioned. 

The advisory is the latest successful a drawstring of nationalist wellness alerts successful caller weeks arsenic Alberta and regions crossed the country contend with a resurgence successful measles cases. 

Measles is 1 of the astir infectious communicable diseases successful the satellite and spreads easy done the air. Public wellness officials are progressively acrophobic astir its transmission and urging radical to guarantee they are vaccinated against infection. 

Alberta Health Services issued advisories past week informing of the imaginable hazard of vulnerability in Fort Vermilion and the Calgary region, including Airdrie. The bluish Alberta assemblage of John D'Or Prairie, which is portion of the Little Red River Cree Nation, has been contending with an outbreak. 

Health officials accidental anyone who was exposed to a imaginable confirmed lawsuit whitethorn beryllium astatine hazard of getting sick and is powerfully encouraged to reappraisal their vaccination records, AHS said .

Anyone who was perchance exposed and was calved successful oregon aft 1970, and has little than 2 documented doses of vaccine, is astatine hazard for processing measles and should show themselves for symptoms, AHS said. 

Symptoms see a fever of 38.3° C oregon higher, a cough, runny chemoreceptor and reddish eyes, and a reddish blotchy rash that appears 3 to 7 days aft a fever starts, opening down the ears and connected the face.

People who are pregnant, young children and those with weakened immune systems are among those astir astatine hazard for complications from the disease. 

If symptoms develop, individuals are advised to enactment location and telephone Health Link astatine 811 earlier visiting immoderate health-care facility.

In Alberta, measles vaccine doses are offered, escaped of charge, done the province's immunization program. People exposed to the illness whitethorn besides beryllium eligible for vaccine oregon immune globulin to trim the hazard of processing measles.

Albertans uncertain of their immunization past are encouraged to telephone Health Link astatine 811 oregon interaction their nationalist wellness office.