Measles prompts Windsor Regional Hospital to restrict visitors under 16, take other precautions

CBC News

· Posted: Mar 14, 2025 9:27 AM EDT | Last Updated: 4 minutes ago

The Windsor Regional Hospital is restricting visitors nether the property of 16 due to the fact that of the increasing fig of measles cases successful southwestern Ontario.

Children are astatine greater hazard from the virus, explained Steve Erwin, the hospital's manager of nationalist affairs and communications, successful a substance to CBC.

The infirmary is also asking anyone who meets the pursuing criteria to interaction the infirmary earlier coming for appointments oregon exigency care:

• Anyone who believes they person been exposed to measles successful the past 3 weeks.
• Anyone who is unvaccinated.
• Anyone who has symptoms of measles.
• Anyone who has been extracurricular Canada successful the past 3 weeks. 

The infirmary is asking anyone successful those groups to telephone 519-254-5577, dial 0 for the switchboard, and inquire to talk with the section with which their assignment is booked, according to a quality merchandise issued Thursday.

It's asking those who request exigency aesculapian attraction to telephone the aforesaid number, dial 0, and ask to talk to the exigency section earlier going.

In addition, officials are asking anyone who meets the supra criteria to enactment connected a well-fitted disguise earlier entering the infirmary oregon inquire information for one 

Chatham-Kent infirmary opens measles accusation centre

In an effort to forestall further measle exposures, the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance has acceptable up a measles accusation centre. Adam Topp, CEO of the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance, said the centre has been busy, with 5 to 9 radical coming successful each time since the weekend. 

The centre is for people who believe they oregon their children are unvaccinated and person been exposed to measles. You request to telephone up and acceptable up an assignment to person an assessment. 

"We don't person a batch of acquisition with measles. It hasn't been astir for a fig of years successful the state and it's surely travel back, truthful it's successful the assemblage now," said Topp. 

Recognizing that immoderate radical successful the assemblage whitethorn not have family doctors, Topp said they decided to acceptable up a spot wherever radical tin get support. He besides said they acceptable up the centre to forestall further measles dispersed successful the hospital's exigency room. 

He says radical shouldn't beryllium particularly acrophobic fixed that galore radical successful Ontario are vaccinated against the disease, but notes that you should beryllium connected alert if you oregon your kids aren't vaccinated.