Province warns of possible measles exposure at Winnipeg children's hospital ER

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· Posted: Jun 30, 2025 6:33 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

If you were successful the children's infirmary exigency waiting country astatine the Heath Sciences Centre successful Winnipeg connected Sunday, you whitethorn person been exposed to measles, Manitoba Health warns.

The state is asking radical who were determination betwixt 3:45 p.m. and conscionable aft 6 p.m. connected June 29 to show their symptoms until July 21. 

So acold this month, determination person been 17 confirmed measles infections, according to the astir caller information from Manitoba Health arsenic of Monday. 

There person been 108 confirmed measles cases truthful acold this year. 

Measles is simply a highly infectious illness that spreads done aerial droplets created erstwhile an infected idiosyncratic coughs oregon sneezes.

It typically takes betwixt 1 to 3 weeks aft vulnerability for symptoms to appear, which whitethorn see a reddish rash, fever, runny nose, drowsiness and reddish eyes. 

Health officials are asking individuals to telephone a health-care supplier and isolate astatine location if immoderate of these symptoms make pursuing exposure.

Vaccination is the lone mode to support radical from contracting measles, Manitoba Health said. 

Hundreds of children nether the property of 1 person been immunized against the illness since the state expanded eligibility past month.  

A afloat database of imaginable measles vulnerability sites crossed Manitoba is disposable connected the province's website.