New potential measles exposure in southern Alberta including Calgary: AHS

CBC News

· Posted: Apr 22, 2025 11:12 AM EDT | Last Updated: 9 minutes ago

Alberta Health Services (AHS) has issued a nationalist alert aft being notified of further confirmed measles cases successful Alberta's southbound wellness portion with imaginable vulnerability in Calgary, Rocky View Country, Coaldale, Lethbridge and Taber.

AHS said individuals who were successful the pursuing locations during the specified dates and times whitethorn person been exposed to measles:

• The Days Inn by Wyndham (Calgary Airport) from astir 5 p.m. connected April 11 to 12 p.m. connected April 12
• The excavation astatine the Days Inn by Wyndham (Calgary Airport) from astir 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. connected April 11
• CrossIron Mills promenade from astir 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. connected April 11 
• Ikea Calgary from approximately 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. connected April 11
• Taber Health Centre (main waiting room) from approximately 2 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. connected April 14
• Coaldale Health Centre from approximately 5:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. connected April 14
• Taber Health Centre (main waiting country and laboratory) from approximately 3 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. connected April 15
• Chinook Regional Hospital (computed tomography/diagnostic imaging) successful Lethbridge from approximately 2:55 p.m. to 5:10 p.m. connected April 16

AHS advised that anyone who was contiguous astatine these locations during these times and was calved successful oregon aft 1970 and has little than 2 doses of the measles vaccine is astatine hazard for processing the highly contagious disease.

Those individuals are recommended to show themselves for measles symptoms and reappraisal their immunization records.

WATCH | Measles connected the emergence successful Alberta:

Measles symptoms include:

• high fever
• cough
• runny nose
• red eyes
• a blotchy, reddish rash that appears 3 to 7 days aft the fever starts

Eligible radical tin publication escaped measles immunizations through Health Link astatine 811 oregon by contacting your local community wellness centre.

AHS has a web page dedicated to accusation connected imaginable vulnerability locations, advisories and immunization information.

Alberta has recorded 89 measles cases arsenic of noon connected April 17. Twenty-one cases person been confirmed successful the southbound wellness zone, portion 5 are confirmed successful Calgary.