Measles exposure identified at Winkler autobody shop, Manitoba government says

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· Posted: May 30, 2025 5:52 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

Anyone who was astatine a confederate Manitoba autobody store astatine definite times implicit the past week mightiness person been exposed to measles, the state said Friday.

The possible exposures happened astatine Moonlite Auto Body astatine 420 Airport Dr. successful Winkler, Man., connected May 23, 26 and 27 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., a provincial quality merchandise said.

Anyone perchance exposed connected those dates should show for symptoms until June 14, 17 and 18, respectively, the merchandise said. 

The state says immoderate of the caller measles cases detected successful Manitoba didn't person immoderate known interaction with different measles case, meaning it dispersed successful the community.

Anyone who thinks they mightiness person been exposed at the autobody store but hasn't been straight notified should telephone Health Links-Info Santé astatine 204-788-8200 successful Winnipeg oregon 1-888-315-9257 toll-free successful Manitoba, the state said.

As of Wednesday (the astir caller update available), Manitoba had confirmed 72 cases of measles since February and 4 different probable cases. Fifty-three of those cases were detected this month.

Measles is simply a highly infectious illness that spreads done droplets successful the aerial that signifier erstwhile idiosyncratic with the unwellness coughs oregon sneezes.

Symptoms mostly look 7 to 21 days aft exposure, and tin initially see fever, runny nose, drowsiness, irritability, reddish eyes and tiny achromatic spots connected the wrong of the rima oregon throat, the state said.

Several days aft those archetypal symptoms, a reddish blotchy rash appears connected the look and moves down the body.

An infected idiosyncratic tin dispersed the microorganism from 4 days earlier the rash appears to 4 days after, the state said.

The illness besides tends to beryllium much terrible successful infants and young kids, and tin beryllium life-threatening and pb to complications including receptor infections, diarrhea, pneumonia (lung infection) and encephalitis (brain inflammation).

If a idiosyncratic develops measles symptoms, anyone who mightiness person been exposed is advised to isolate astatine location and interaction their health-care supplier to archer them astir the imaginable exposure, the state said.

Anyone other successful the location who isn't immunized against measles should bounds their vulnerability to different radical until the symptomatic idiosyncratic has received proposal from their health-care provider. 

The state besides notes it's champion to telephone up truthful your health-care supplier tin instrumentality steps to trim the hazard of exposing different radical to the virus. 

Immunization against measles is the lone mode to support against getting the illness, the state said, encouraging radical to interaction an immunization supplier specified arsenic a section nationalist wellness office, doc oregon caregiver practitioner to guarantee sum is up to date.

In Manitoba, a two-dose vaccine programme for measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (MMR oregon MMRV) is routinely fixed for children who are astatine slightest one, and again betwixt ages 4 and six. However, successful the lawsuit of a measles exposure, a 2nd dose tin beryllium fixed earliert, the state said.