Four possible measles exposure flagged as area outbreak grows

Public Health Officials at the Epicentre of Ontario’s Measles Outbreak Near London Have Flagged Four New Potential Exposure sites, include Two Area HospitalS and A Medical Center, and Are Urging People who May Be at Risk to contact them.

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Southwestern Public Health is Advising Those Who May Have Been Exposed and Were Born After 1970 or are not up to date with their vaccinations that they could be at risk of contracting the highly infectious virus.

The Health Unit For Oxford and Elgin Couties Said The Potential Exhibitions Occurred at:

• Aylmer’s East Elgin Community Complex on Feb. 15 BETWEEN 9 AM and 1 PM
• Alexandra Hospital Ingersoll Emergency Department on Feb. 21 Between 8:53 pm and 11:05 pm
• Woodstock General Hospital Emergency Department on Feb. 23 Between 8:20 pm and 10:30 pm
• Tillsonburg Medical Center on Feb. 25 Between 1:30 pm and 4:12 pm

The Advisory Comes A Day After the Canadian Press Reported Cases Across the Province Had Nearly Doubled with 78 New Infections in Just Two Weeks Bringing This Year’s Total To Just Over 140.

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Public goal Health Ontario Reports Numbers Differently, Using Oct. 28, 2024, AS The Outbreak’s Start. It has reported 177 sincere boxes.

Public Health Officials Are Calling It Ontario’s Large Measles Outbreak in 30 years. The Last Sizable Outbreak in the province was 58 boxes in 2008, Dr. Sarah Wilson of Public Health Ontario Said.

Southwestern Public Health is one of Two Area Health Units that has reported mary of this Year’s of Measles. It and Neighbouring Grand Erie Public Health – Serving Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk Counties and Brantford – Have Held Several Joint News Conferenys Sale January to Update the public.

Sale Their First Update Jan. 29, confirmed Measles Cases Have Risen Steadily in Both Area.

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Southwestern Public Health has changed its reporting method to mirror public health wealth ontario’s procedure. Sale the First Case was reported Oct. 30, 2024, the Health Unit Has Recorded 97 Measles Cases As of Friday.

AS of Wednesday, Grand Erie Public Health Has Recorded 79 Cases since Oct. 28, 2024, Public Health Ontario Said.

“While Case Numbers Help to Information Us, They Should Not Be the Sole Factor Used to Assess Personal Risk During this Outbreak,” Ninh Tran, Southwestern Medical Officer of Health, Said by Email Friday. “Right now, our huts are people who are not immunized, and that is the greatest factor in your risk of measles.

In a previous interview, Tran Said Most Current Measles Cases “Are in Children Rather than adults. . . Predominataly in Unimmunized or underrimmunized kids. ”

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Measles Symptoms included in Red Rash, Fever, Cough, Runny Nose, Upper Respiratory Type Symptoms, Red Eyes and Fatigue. SERIOUS Complications Such As Pneumonia, Enceptitis and Blindness are possible. People Most at Risk of Measles Complications included pregnant Women, Young Children and the Immunocompromated.

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