Province warns of possible measles exposure at Winkler-area school, hospital

Arturo Chang · CBC News

· Posted: Jun 13, 2025 7:21 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hr ago

The Manitoba authorities is announcing 4 caller measles vulnerability sites, including a schoolhouse successful a assemblage adjacent Winkler and the infirmary successful the Winkler-Morden area.

Anyone who was astatine the Plum Coulee School successful Plum Coulee connected June 5 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. and June 6 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. is being asked to show for symptoms of the highly contagious illness until June 27-28, nationalist wellness officials warned successful an update Friday.

The state said Public Health is moving straight with the schoolhouse to notify staff, volunteers and families to springiness proposal circumstantial to that exposure. 

Plum Coulee is astir 10 kilometres from Winkler. There have been respective cases in the country since the measles outbreak began successful the province.

The authorities besides announced a caller vulnerability astatine the Boundary Trails Health Centre, betwixt the cities of Winkler and Morden. Anyone who was astatine the hospital's emergency section connected June 7 from 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. is being asked to show for symptoms until June 29.

There are also new exposures astatine wellness facilities successful Portage la Prairie and Steinbach:

• Portage District General Hospital exigency country connected June 12 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. People are being asked to monitor symptoms until July 4.
• Steinbach QuickCare Clinic on June 10 from 12:50 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. People should show for symptoms until July 2.

There were 98 confirmed and 8 probable measles cases in the state arsenic of June 7, according to the province's latest play update, issued Wednesday.