Possible measles exposure at Pearson airport and Mississauga hospital, health officials warn

Naama Weingarten · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 06, 2025 3:36 PM EST | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

Health officials successful Peel Region are informing that the public may person been exposed to a measles lawsuit astatine Pearson Airport, a infirmary and a walk-in session successful Mississauga past week.

In a statement, the region said the measles lawsuit was confirmed connected Tuesday, with the idiosyncratic infected precocious travelling internationally.

The nationalist whitethorn person been exposed astatine the pursuing locations, they say: 

• Feb. 24: Air Canada, Flight AC57, Dubai to Toronto.

• Feb. 24: Toronto Pearson International Airport, Terminal 1, betwixt 8:36 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

• Feb. 27: Aboud Health Walk-in Clinic & Pharmacy betwixt 3:15 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

• Feb.27 – 28: Trillium Health Partners Credit Valley Hospital – Emergency Room betwixt 8:45 p.m. to 12:41 a.m.  

More than 100 measles cases person been confirmed successful Ontario truthful acold this year. Of those cases, 18 children were hospitalized, nary of whom were immunized.

Public wellness officials person been urging radical to get vaccinated for the highly infectious disease, which was declared eliminated successful Canada successful 1998.

Peel officials accidental anyone who believes they were exposed should corroborate whether they person up-to-date vaccinations, interaction their health-care supplier and debar going to enactment oregon school. 

Measles symptoms statesman 1 to 3 weeks aft corruption and could see a reddish rash, reddish and watery eyes, and a precocious fever.