Saskatchewan expands measles vaccination to some infants as case numbers rise

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The Saskatchewan authorities is making measles vaccinations disposable to infants aged six and 11 months who live, are travelling to, oregon person interaction with radical successful areas with a precocious hazard of measles exposure.

Infants from 6 to 11 months aged tin present get an aboriginal dose if they are from a high-risk area

Jeffery Tram · CBC News

· Posted: Jun 04, 2025 8:43 PM EDT | Last Updated: June 5

The Saskatchewan authorities is making measles vaccinations disposable to infants aged six to 11 months who live, are travelling to, oregon person interaction with radical successful areas with a precocious hazard for measles exposure.

Previously, the vaccine was archetypal offered to infants astatine 12 months of age.

"Providing parents with the enactment for an further dose of measles vaccine for infants helps to support those who cannot support themselves," Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill stated successful a quality merchandise connected Wednesday.

Routine measles vaccinations astatine 12 and 18 months volition inactive beryllium needed for further protection.

The determination comes arsenic the state grapples with a surge successful measles cases. From March 14 to May 28, Saskatchewan reported 46 confirmed measles cases.

According to the provincial government, areas with precocious hazard of vulnerability successful Saskatchewan see Assiniboia, Canora, Kindersley, St. Walburg, Ponteix and Wakaw.

Alberta has reported much than 749 measles cases since aboriginal March. In response, Alberta Health Services made a caller aboriginal dose of measles vaccines disposable for infants six to 11 months of property successful high-risk areas. Saskatchewan has present followed suit.

"This is akin to what is already being offered to immoderate infants travelling internationally oregon to different parts of Canada with higher measles lawsuit numbers," Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab said successful a quality release.

Measles symptoms include:

Fever.
Cough.
Runny nose.
Red eyes.
Blotchy, reddish rash that appears a fewer days aft the fever starts. In darker tegument colours, it whitethorn look purple oregon darker than surrounding skin.

More accusation connected measles and vaccination services tin beryllium recovered astatine saskatchewan.ca/measles.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jeffery is simply a newsman with CBC Saskatchewan successful Regina. He antecedently worked astatine CBC Toronto arsenic an subordinate producer. You tin scope him astatine [email protected].

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