Several measles exposure locations identified in northeastern Ontario

Martha Dillman · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 07, 2025 6:45 AM EDT | Last Updated: 15 minutes ago

Two caller cases of measles person been reported successful the portion by the Northeastern Public Health Unit.

The wellness portion says the cases are successful the District of Temiskaming. It said the hazard to the nationalist is debased and the concern is being monitored.

The 2 radical diagnosed with measles are presently successful isolation, according to the wellness unit.

Ontario is presently coping with a measles outbreak. Last Thursday, Public Health Ontario said it had confirmed 89 caller cases implicit the past week, bringing the province's lawsuit number to 661 since an outbreak began successful the fall.

Last month, the North Bay-Parry Sound Health Unit said it was monitoring 11 cases of measles. Those cases originated from idiosyncratic who travelled to southwestern Ontario. Ontario's main aesculapian serviceman of wellness has linked each of the southwestern Ontario outbreak cases to a ample Mennonite gathering successful New Brunswick past fall.

Northeastern Public Health said determination are respective vulnerability locations linked to the 2 recently confirmed cases. If you were astatine 1 of the locations and were calved connected oregon aft Jan. 1, 1970 and are not up to day with your measles vaccinations, you are asked to interaction nationalist health.

Here are the database of vulnerability locations which each took spot connected March 29:

• Veterans Park, Cobden, Ont. - 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Ontario Northland Bus - from Veteran's Park successful Cobden, Ont. (departure astatine 12 p.m.) to the autobus terminal successful North Bay (arrival astatine 3:15 p.m.)
• Pronto Food Mart, Petawawa, Ont. - 1:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
• Ontario Northland Bus Terminal, North Bay, Ont. - 3:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.
• Northgate Mall, North Bay, Ont. - 3:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.
• Ontario Northland Bus - from autobus terminal successful North Bay, Ont. (departure astatine 4:15 p.m.) to autobus terminal successful Timmins, Ont. (arrival astatine 10 p.m.)
• Englehart Motel, Englehart, Ont 7:20 p.m. to 9:20 p.m.
• Ontario Northland Bus - from autobus terminal successful North Bay, Ont. (departure astatine 3:45 p.m.) to autobus terminal successful Sudbury, Ont. (arrival astatine 5:20 p.m.)

The wellness portion said radical are considered protected if they person astatine slightest 1 of the following:

• Proof of vaccination with 2 valid doses of a measles-containing vaccine, specified arsenic MMR.
• Blood enactment showing antibodies to measles.
• Documentation of anterior laboratory-confirmed measles infection.
• Born earlier 1970 (with the objection of wellness attraction workers and military).

If you don't person immoderate of the above, the wellness portion said you are not protected against measles.

If you deliberation you person been exposed and are not afloat protected, nationalist wellness said you should show for symptoms for 21 days. If you bash make symptoms and request aesculapian care, you should telephone up earlier going to a session oregon hospital.