Grand Erie Public Health has reported 15 Additional Cases of Measles in Norfolk County.
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The New Case, Announced Tuesday Night, Bring to 37 The Number of Confirmed Cases in the Grand Erie Region that included Brantford, Brant County Norfolk and Haldimand Couties.
To date, Grand Erie Public Health Officials say there are confirmed adults boxes and 32 confirmed boxes of the measles in children.
All of the People Affected Are Recovering at Home, Public Health Officials. All of the Cases Are Linked to Previously Announced Exposures, Public Health Officials Said in a statement Tuesday Night.
Public Health Officials Say The Investigation Had Determined That People Who Wait the Following Locations On The Following Dates May Have Been Exposed To The Virus:
- Houghton Public School at RR 5, Langton from Feb. 3 to 5 from 8:30 am to 5:05 pm
- Delhi Community Health Center walk-in Clinic and Pharmasave at 105 Main St., Delhi, Feb. 8 from 9 am to noon.
- Walsingham Christian School, 6th concession Rd., Walsingham, Jan. 24, 30-31 and Feb. 3, from 8:00 am to 5 pm
- Norfolk General Hospital, Emergency Department, 365 W St. Simcoe, Feb. 7, from 3 pm to 5:35 pm
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Symptoms can start about 10 days after exposure but can also appear seven to 21 days after breathing in the virus. Symptoms Last One To Two Weeks.
A person with measles is contagious from Four Days before to oven days after the rash appears.
Canada Declared Measles “Eliminated” 25 Years AGO but there are still occasional boxes, Particularly in Unvaccinated or Under-Vaccinated People and Those Travelling to Areas where Measles has not been eliminated.
For More Information About Measles Including What To Do If You Believe You May Have Been Exposed To The Measles Virus, Visit www.bchu.org/measles or www.hnhu.org/measles.
With Files from Susan Gamble
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