Toronto Public Health warns of possible measles exposure at Ripley's Aquarium

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· Posted: May 02, 2025 4:46 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hr ago

Toronto Public Health is informing residents who went to Ripley's Aquarium past week that they mightiness person been exposed to measles.

In a quality merchandise Friday, the nationalist wellness agency said a idiosyncratic who visited the aquarium on Monday, April 21 betwixt 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., was infected with measles.

Residents who were determination connected that time should show for symptoms until Monday, May 12, the nationalist wellness bureau says. 

Symptoms tin see fever, runny nose, cough, reddish eyes, a reddish rash that begins connected the look and spreads down the assemblage and tiny blue-white spots that tin look connected the wrong of the rima and throat.

"Measles is simply a highly contagious microorganism that spreads done the aerial erstwhile an infected idiosyncratic breathes, coughs, sneezes oregon talks," Toronto Public Health said successful the release.

"The microorganism tin enactment successful the aerial oregon connected surfaces for up to 2 hours. People tin go infected if they respire the contaminated aerial oregon interaction the infected surface, past interaction their eyes, chemoreceptor oregon mouth."

Ontario reported its highest play summation of measles this week since the outbreak began, with 223 caller infections recorded successful the province. 

Toronto Public Health has confirmed 3 cases of measles successful the metropolis truthful acold this year.

Public wellness officials are urging radical to guarantee they are vaccinated against measles, which carries the hazard of superior complications.