Waterloo region has 2 more confirmed cases of measles, public health officials say

CBC News

· Posted: Mar 25, 2025 2:30 PM EDT | Last Updated: 11 minutes ago

Public wellness officials are informing the nationalist of 2 much confirmed cases of measles in Waterloo portion arsenic good arsenic further locations wherever radical whitethorn person been exposed.

Last week, the portion confirmed its archetypal lawsuit of measles successful six years amid a crisp summation of the illness successful Ontario. 

Region of Waterloo Public Health is moving to place radical who whitethorn person been exposed and is outlining times and places the nationalist whitethorn person been exposed.

The exposures happened on Friday, March 21 astatine these places:

• Pharmasave Campus at 170 University Ave. W. in Waterloo from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.  
• Shoppers Drug Mart at 50 Weber St. N. in Waterloo from 12:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.    

Anyone who whitethorn person been exposed astatine the locations should interaction the nationalist wellness portion instantly if they autumn nether these 3 categories: 

• They are immunocompromised.
• They are pregnant.
• They are a kid oregon big calved oregon aft 1970 who is unvaccinated oregon has lone received 1 dose of measles vaccine.

Anyone surviving successful Waterloo portion tin telephone 519-575-4400 to scope a nationalist wellness official.

Measles is 1 of the astir contagious diseases successful the world. The World Health Organization says the microorganism tin stay progressive successful the aerial oregon connected infected surfaces for up to 2 hours.

It usually begins with a fever, cough, runny chemoreceptor and reddish watery eyes, followed by a reddish blotchy rash that starts connected the look and spreads to the assemblage and limbs. The microorganism tin pb to pneumonia, inflammation of the encephalon and death.