New travel-related measles case confirmed in B.C.'s Lower Mainland

Akshay Kulkarni · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 26, 2025 6:22 PM EDT | Last Updated: 8 minutes ago

A caller lawsuit of travel-related measles has been confirmed successful B.C.'s Lower Mainland, bringing the full fig of confirmed cases successful the state to six.

Fraser Health officials accidental the latest lawsuit was confirmed successful a visitant from Toronto, who arrived astatine Vancouver International Airport connected April 20 and past was successful Chilliwack for the pursuing 5 days.

Members of the nationalist person been warned to cheque for symptoms of the disease, which has been seeing a resurgence successful Canada — peculiarly successful Ontario, wherever officials person counted 1,018 confirmed and probable cases of measles truthful acold this year.

While wellness officials successful B.C. accidental astir radical are immune to the illness owed to anterior vaccination oregon infection, they're advising members of the nationalist to show for measles symptoms for up to 3 weeks, arsenic it is dispersed done the air.

The database of locations wherever the nationalist whitethorn person been exposed includes Vancouver's airdrome and an arena and edifice successful Chilliwack.

People whitethorn person been exposed if they were connected Air Canada formation AC2105 from Toronto to Vancouver connected April 20, which near Toronto astatine 8:38 a.m. section clip and arrived successful Vancouver astatine 10:09 a.m. PT.

Anyone who was successful the home arrivals conception astatine Vancouver airdrome betwixt 10:15 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. PT connected April 20 has been told to show for symptoms.

The aforesaid proposal has been fixed to anyone who was astatine Chilliwack Coliseum betwixt 12:30 p.m. and 3:15 p.m. PT that aforesaid day.

Members of the nationalist who were at Coast Chilliwack Hotel by APA on First Avenue betwixt 1 p.m. connected April 20 and 12 a.m. connected April 25 person besides been told to cheque for symptoms.

Measles is 1 of the astir contagious diseases known to humankind. Symptoms tin see a fever, coughing and a runny nose, arsenic good arsenic a blotchy reddish rash. In superior cases, measles tin origin complications similar inflammation of the brain, pneumonia and death.

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Fraser Health says it's pursuing up straight with individuals who are known to person been exposed to the virus.

They accidental that radical astatine hazard of getting the microorganism see those who person not been vaccinated against the illness oregon had a anterior infection, with wellness officials crossed Canada saying that astir of the cases they're seeing are successful unvaccinated people.

Two doses of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) oregon measles, mumps, rubella and varicella vaccine (MMRV) offer almost 100 per cent effectiveness successful the agelong term.  

"If you were calved successful 1970 oregon aboriginal and person not had 2 doses of measles vaccine, you should get a dose of measles vaccine," Fraser Health said successful its statement.

"It is astir effectual if received wrong 3 days of being exposed but inactive tin beryllium received aft that."

The wellness authorization is advising anyone who is astatine hazard of getting measles to telephone them to publication a vaccination.