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Province warns of possible measles exposure at Winkler-area school, hospital
The Manitoba government is announcing four new measles exposure sites, including a school in a community near Winkler and the hospital in the Winkler-Morden area.
Anyone who was at the Plum Coulee School in Plum Coulee on June 5 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. and June 6 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. is being asked to monitor for symptoms of the highly contagious disease until June 27-28, public health officials warned in an update Friday.
The province said Public Health is working directly with the school to notify staff, volunteers and families to give advice specific to that exposure.
Plum Coulee is about 10 kilometres from Winkler. There have been several cases in the area since the measles outbreak began in the province.
The government also announced a new exposure at the Boundary Trails Health Centre, between the cities of Winkler and Morden. Anyone who was at the hospital's emergency department on June 7 from 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. is being asked to monitor for symptoms until June 29.
There are also new exposures at health facilities in Portage la Prairie and Steinbach:
Portage District General Hospital emergency room on June 12 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. People are being asked to monitor symptoms until July 4.
Steinbach QuickCare Clinic on June 10 from 12:50 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. People should monitor for symptoms until July 2.
