Person with measles flew into Calgary airport before travelling to Taber, AHS warns

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· Posted: Mar 18, 2025 7:24 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes ago

Alberta Health Services says a lawsuit of measles has been confirmed successful a visitant to the Taber country successful the southeastern portion of the province, and the idiosyncratic has been successful nationalist settings portion infectious, including the Calgary airport.

"Measles is an highly contagious illness and is dispersed easy done the air," AHS said successful a merchandise Tuesday afternoon.

As a result, wellness officials are informing that radical whitethorn person been exposed to measles if they were successful immoderate of these locations at these specified times:

March 8, 2025:

• Flair Airlines Flight No. F8629, from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Calgary International Airport.
• Exposure clip period: 9:12 p.m. (Eastern Time) to 11:57 p.m. (Mountain Time).

March 8 - 9, 2025:

• Calgary International Airport and Budget Car and Truck Rental, Calgary International Airport, 2000 Airport Road N.E., Calgary.
• Exposure clip period: 11:55 p.m., March 8 to 2 a.m., March 9.

 March 11, 2025:

• Taber Health Centre Emergency Department, 4326 50th Avenue, Taber, Alta.
• Exposure clip period: Approx. 5:30 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.

March 11, 2025

• Taber Shoppers Drug Mart, 5800 46th Avenue, Taber, Alta.
• Exposure clip period: Approx. 6:15 p.m. to 9 p.m.

March 12 - 13, 2025

• Taber Health Centre Emergency Department, 4326 50th Avenue, Taber, Alta.
• Exposure clip period: Approx. 10:15 p.m., March 12 to 10:50 a.m., March 13.

Anyone contiguous successful immoderate of these locations astatine these times who was calved successful oregon aft 1970 and has fewer than 2 documented doses of measles vaccine is astatine hazard of processing measles, public wellness officials warn.

Officials powerfully urge self-monitoring for symptoms.

Symptoms include:

• Fever of 38.3 C oregon higher.
• Cough, runny chemoreceptor and/or reddish eyes.
• A reddish blotchy rash that appears 3 to 7 days aft fever starts, opening down the ears and connected the look and spreading down the assemblage and past to the arms and legs.

"If symptoms of measles bash develop, individuals are advised to enactment location and telephone Health Link astatine 811 before visiting immoderate health-care installation oregon provider, including a household doc session oregon pharmacy," AHS said successful the release.

"Measles vaccine is highly effectual astatine preventing corruption and complications," the merchandise added.

People who person received less than 2 doses of measles vaccine and are large oregon person a weakened immune strategy are astatine astir hazard of complications from measles. Babies nether the property of 1 twelvemonth are besides vulnerable.

Anyone successful these at-risk groups is advised by AHS to quickly contact Health Link if exposed to measles. Exposed individuals may beryllium eligible for vaccine oregon immune globulin to trim the hazard of processing measles. 

Measles vaccine is offered for escaped done Alberta's publically funded immunization program. Children typically person their archetypal dose astatine 12 months of age and their 2nd dose astatine 18 months of age.

Children successful the Taber country person little puerility immunization rates than the remainder of the province, peculiarly among those nether the property of two, according to provincial data.

Albertans who are uncertain of their immunization past oregon their child's immunization past tin substance "vaccine record" to 88111, call Health Link astatine 811 oregon interaction their local nationalist wellness office to find that information.

You tin besides substance "measles" to 88111 to get wellness accusation astir the illness texted to your mobile device.