An adult and a child who lives in Ottawa would have contracted measles during a trip abroad, Ottawa Public Health announces (SPO). These are the first confirmed cases of measles in the city since 2019.
The public health services in the capital are investigating these first cases and announces that they are notifying all the people who may have contracted this virus.
Several could notably have been exhibited during two outings in the Vanier-Gloucester area affected last month: the first on Monday April 21 at Food Basics on rue Cyrville between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m., and the second Wednesday April 23, at Costco Place Blair Towers, near Ogilvie path, between 6 p.m. and 8:45 p.m. other places and exposure dates could be added as the investigation progresses.
The SPO recommends that all those who think they can have been exposed to monitoring the appearance of symptoms for 21 days (until May 12 or 14), and to check their vaccination book to ensure that they are protected.
Notable initial symptoms include: high fever, cough, nasal flow, white spots in the mouth and red and tearful eyes that can be sensitive to light.
-They generally appear between 7 to 12 days after exposure to the highly transmitted virus of measles.
People born after 1970 are considered to be immune to life if they have received their two doses of the measles vaccine. It is generally estimated that those born before 1970 have probably had measles in the past and are therefore immune from the start.
For more information, Ottawa Public Health publishes regular updates on a web page and a telephone line at 613-580-6744 which will operate from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday.
In Ontario, since last October, more than 1,200 cases of confirmed and probable measles have been postponed through the province. SPO indicates that there were 69 hospitalizations related to the hatching that started, including 65 people who were not vaccinated, including 53 children.
In Quebec, 36 cases were confirmed during the hatching, but the propagation is now considered to be completed in the province since April 22.
