The Stratford-Area Health Unit has confirmed a case of Measles in a Huron-Perth Resident.
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In A Friday afternoon press release, HURON PERTH PUBLIC HEALTH ANNOUNCED The “First Laboratory Confirmation” of Measles infection in Huron and Perth Couties. The Agency Reported that public Health Staff Had Completed Case and Contact Tracing, So Would Not Be Providing Any Additional Public Details About the Case.
“There has been an an ongoin measles outbreak in Southwestern Ontario, and we have been closely monitoring the situation,” Dr. Lauren Hayward, a Physician Consultant at the Agency, Said in a release. “Now is a good time to review information about measles and measles vaccination if you have alreni.”
ALSO on Friday, Officials With Southwestern Public Health Flagged Four New Potential Exposure sites in their region. This Advisory Came A Day After the Canadian Press Reported Cases Across That Province that Had Nearly Doubled with 78 New Infections, Bringing the Total To Just More than 140.
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Provincial Officials are describing the outbreak as ortario’s large in 30 years.
Southwestern Public Health Alone is reporting 97 Confirmed Cases in its Region, which included Woodstock, St. Thomas, and Oxford and Elgin Couties.
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 Immunocompromised.
People with symptoms of the vaccine-preventable virus are asked to have contact with other people and to call ahead to their health-card provider to arrange testing.
Public Health Ontario Says Measles Cases Have Been Rare in the Province, Owing to High Immunization Coverage in the General Population. Initial Measles Cases usally are associated with travel, the provincial public health authority said, but can spread to people who are not immunized against it here.
With Files from the Canadian Press
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