Two cases of measles were confirmed in East Ontario, the local Health office said on Friday. These are the first cases detected on the territory.
According to the Eastern Ontarian health office (BSEO), two members of the same Ontario family have contracted measles disease during a trip outside the region of BSEO
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One of the people is not vaccinated and the vaccination status of the other is unknown. They are currently in isolation, specifies the health office.
Currently, the risk for the general population remains low. The health office survey continues and those who may have been exposed to these two confirmed cases have been contacted
said the BSEO by press release.
I take this opportunity to remind parents to ensure that their children’s routine vaccines are up to date, because vaccines are the best defense against measles
underlines Dr. Paul Roumelotis, hygienist doctor of BSEO.
The symptoms of measles are notably fever, cough, nasal flow, lesions in the mouth and redness in the eyes. Characteristic red pimples also appear in the face and everywhere on the body.
They generally manifest themselves within 7 to 12 days of exposure, but can take up to 21 days in some cases.
Although the first symptoms are relatively light in most cases, complications may occur.
In Ottawa, two first cases of measles were confirmed. An adult and a child, both residents of Ottawa, would have contracted measles during a trip abroad, according to Public Health Ottawa (SPO).
Ontario public health reported on Thursday 197 additional infections in last week, bringing the number of probable and confirmed cases in the province to more than 1,400 since the start of the epidemic in October.
The number of measles cases is increasing in several Canadian provinces. A principal medical advisor of the Canada Public Health Agency said that the country could lose its status of measles eradication, obtained in 1998.
