Measles cases confirmed in Kamloops and Chilliwack; exposures reported on B.C. ferry

CBC News

· Posted: Jun 24, 2025 8:45 PM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

The fig of measles cases successful British Columbia arsenic a full continues to grow, with the Interior Health Authority announcing the region's first confirmed lawsuit of the year.

The confirmed lawsuit successful Kamloops, was announced by the authorization connected Tuesday.

Dr. Sanaz Vaseghi, a aesculapian serviceman with Interior Health, said it's not wide however the idiosyncratic was exposed to measles, which makes it much hard to find who other successful the Kamloops country whitethorn person it.

The hazard to the broader nationalist is considered low, but Vaseghi urged anyone who is not adequately immunized to get vaccinated.

So acold this year, 49 measles cases person been reported successful B.C., according to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC).

Interior Health said it is pursuing up straight with people who are known to person been exposed to the lawsuit successful Kamloops.

It shared a database of locations visited by the infected idiosyncratic connected June 16 betwixt noon and 11:35 p.m.  and connected June 18 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. The list includes a Denny's restaurant, a Shoppers Drug Mart, and the Aberdeen Mall.

Fraser Health said measles infections person been confirmed successful 3 unvaccinated Chilliwack residents since Friday and the cases look to person been acquired locally.

It said members of the nationalist whitethorn person been exposed to measles astatine 3 locations successful Chilliwack, including a Walmart and Mark's on June 16, and a barber store connected June 18.

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Most of the confirmed measles cases successful the province have been reported successful the Northern Health authority, according to the BCCDC.

A bulletin from Northern Health earlier this period said it had identified "multiple lab-confirmed cases" of measles successful the assemblage of Wonowon, astir 90 kilometres northwest of Fort St. John.

In summation to the confirmed cases successful Chilliwack and Kamloops, the BCCDC says that determination was a imaginable measles vulnerability astatine the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal, connected June 20 betwixt 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

Officials accidental determination whitethorn person been exposures connected the 12 p.m. and 8 p.m. sailings from Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay, and the 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. sailings from Swartz Bay to Tsawwassen that day.

Health authorities are besides informing of a imaginable vulnerability astatine the Hot and Cold Café in Victoria connected June 20, betwixt 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.

Another imaginable vulnerability was reported astatine the Marriott Civic Autograph Hotel successful Surrey connected June 20 betwixt 8:30 p.m. and 11 p.m., and connected June 21 betwixt 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Measles is simply a highly infectious illness with airborne transmission, and the wellness authorities said radical who person ne'er had the corruption oregon haven't received 2 doses of vaccine are astatine higher hazard of falling ill.

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They said symptoms specified arsenic fever, adust cough, runny nose, and reddish eyes, followed by a rash that starts connected the look and spreads rapidly down to the remainder of the body can make betwixt 7 and 21 days aft exposure.

Measles tin origin complications similar pneumonia and swelling of the encephalon and whitethorn pb to death, the wellness authorities said.