Toronto Public Health warns of possible measles exposure

CBC News

· Posted: Mar 31, 2025 4:18 PM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago

The City of Toronto is informing residents that they mightiness person been exposed to idiosyncratic with measles earlier this month.

In a quality merchandise Monday, Toronto Public Health (TPH) reported a lawsuit of the microorganism successful a idiosyncratic who works successful the city, and says people could person perchance been exposed astatine these locations connected March 21:

• Pizzeria Libretto, 155 University Ave., from astir 11:50 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• VIA Rail Canada Train 82, Train Car 3 from London to Toronto, from astir 6:05 a.m. to 10:50 a.m.
• VIA Rail Canada Train 83, Train Car 3 from Toronto to London, from astir 4:10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

The metropolis says radical who whitethorn person been exposed to the microorganism astatine immoderate of the supra locations should cheque their vaccination records, arsenic anyone who has not gotten 2 doses of the vaccine oregon who has not antecedently contracted the microorganism is astatine hazard of infection. 

People who judge they whitethorn person been exposed should besides show for symptoms — including a fever, runny nose, cough, reddish eyes and a reddish rash that begins connected the look — and interaction a health-care supplier close distant if they develop.

Toronto Public Health says it has confirmed 2 cases of measles this twelvemonth linked to question extracurricular of Canada. It is highly contagious, and spreads done the aerial erstwhile an infected idiosyncratic breathes, coughs, sneezes oregon talks.

Ontario has been experiencing a emergence successful cases of the vaccine preventable microorganism successful caller weeks.