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CTV News
22-05-2025
- Health
- CTV News
Measles keeps spreading in Manitoba
Manitoba is reporting more than a dozen new cases of the measles this week as the outbreak of the highly transmissible virus keeps growing. Provincial data as of May 17, 2025, shows there have now been 60 measles cases in the last four months. The trend is starting to show some exponential growth, as 42 of the cases have been in May alone. Four probable cases are also being monitored. Reports of possible public exposures are also piling up. The most recent one happened May 11 at an hours-long Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra event at the Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain in Winnipeg. On the same day, another public exposure was reported at Dave and LaVerne's Modern Diner in Winnipeg from 2:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. People who were at either of those locations are being asked to monitor for symptoms until June 2. Public health officials describe measles as one of the most highly contagious diseases that comes with a recognizable red, blotchy rash. The disease is airborne, and it can linger in the air for several hours. Health officials say an infection can be serious and possibly fatal. Measles vaccine vials Vials of the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine shown in an undated image. (File) Last week, measles vaccine eligibility was expanded to include children six months to 12 months old who live in, or regularly visit people living in, Southern Health-Santé Sud or the Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority. Children who travel regularly are also eligible for the early shot. The early shot does not replace the routine measles vaccine given at 12 months and four to six years old.
CTV News
17-05-2025
- Health
- CTV News
Province warns of potential measles exposure in Winnipeg
Public health officials in Manitoba say people may have been exposed to measles at two locations in Winnipeg on May 11, 2025. The province is alerting Manitobans of two Winnipeg locations where people may have been exposed to measles. According to a news release Saturday, people who attended a Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra event at Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain (CCFM) on May 11 between 12:50 p.m. and 4:15 p.m. may have been exposed to the disease. Potential exposures were also reported at Dave and LaVerne's Modern Diner on Lakewood Drive the same day between 2:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Anyone who visited either location on May 11 is asked to monitor symptoms until June 2. Public health officials are also asking anyone who may have been exposed to contact Health Links-Info Santé. Officials noted some of the recent measles cases did not have any known contact to a prior case. Initial measles symptoms can include fever, runny nose, drowsiness, and red eyes, with a red, blotchy rash appearing on the face and moving down the body later. Symptoms generally appear between seven- and 21-days following exposure.
CBC
17-05-2025
- Health
- CBC
Health officials warn of possible measles exposure at Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra concert, diner
Manitoba health officials are warning people might have been exposed to measles in Winnipeg last week during an jazz concert at the Franco-Manitoban Cultural Centre and at a diner in the city. People who attended the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra concert at the Franco-Manitoban Cultural Centre at 340 Provencher Blvd. on May 11, from 12:50 p.m. to 4:15 p.m., may have been exposed to measles, according to a bulletin issued by the province on Saturday. People may also have been exposed at the Dave and LaVerne's Modern Diner at 15 Lakewood Dr. on May 11 from 2:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., the province said. Anyone who might have been exposed should monitor for symptoms until June 2. Measles is highly infectious, and spreads through droplets in the air formed when coughing or sneezing. An infected person can spread the virus from four days before the rash appears until four days after that. Symptoms generally appear seven to 21 days after exposure, and may include a fever, runny nose, drowsiness and red eyes. Small white spots can also appear on the inside of the mouth or throat, the province said. As of May 10, the most current data available, there were 44 confirmed cases of measles in Manitoba this year and four more probable cases. That number includes 26 confirmed cases in May alone. Immunization is the only way to protect people from contracting measles, the province said. In Manitoba, a two-dose measles vaccine program for measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (chickenpox) is routinely provided for kids at least one year old, and again at age four to six. If a child is exposed to measles the province said a second dose can be given earlier. Earlier this week the province announced it is expanding the eligibility of vaccines for infants as young as six months old living in the Southern Health area and the Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority.
