2 new travel-related cases of measles confirmed in Metro Vancouver

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Mar 07, 2025 9:05 PM EST | Last Updated: 1 infinitesimal ago

Health officials successful British Columbia accidental 2 caller travel-related cases of measles person been confirmed successful the Lower Mainland, bringing the fig of those precocious infected to four.

Fraser Health says some infected people travelled in the aforesaid radical from South Korea arsenic different idiosyncratic whose measles corruption was identified earlier this week. 

It says these cases are unrelated to an corruption past period involving a nonmigratory of the Vancouver Coastal Health portion who was besides infected aft a travel to Southeast Asia.

Officials person besides expanded a database of locations wherever members of the nationalist mightiness person been exposed, including Vancouver's airport, a supermarket successful Burnaby and a edifice successful Coquitlam.

Members of the nationalist whitethorn person been exposed if they were connected formation KE75 from Seoul to Vancouver connected Feb. 17 oregon successful the Vancouver International Airport connected the aforesaid time from 3:20 p.m. to 6:20 p.m., according to the wellness authority.

Exposure is besides imaginable for anyone astatine the PriceSmart supermarket astatine 9899 Austin Road from 9 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. connected Feb. 20 and 21, astatine Big Way Hot Pot edifice successful Coquitlam from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. connected Feb. 28, and astatine the Royal Columbian Hospital Emergency Department from 2:30 p.m. connected March 3 to 2:30 a.m. connected March 4.

The wellness authorization says successful a connection that nationalist and workplace wellness unit are pursuing up straight with individuals who are known to person been exposed to the virus.

It says radical who person been exposed should show for symptoms up to 3 weeks later, including fever, adust cough, runny nose, and reddish eyes, followed by a rash.

Global emergence of infections

As of Thursday, Canada had recorded 227 measles cases this year, with much cases reported successful the archetypal 2 months of 2025 than successful each of 2024 

Measles is simply a highly infectious illness transmitted by airborne spread, but most radical successful Canada are immune owed to immunization oregon erstwhile earthy infection.

Symptoms see fever, adust cough, runny nose, and reddish eyes, which whitethorn make up to 3 weeks aft being exposed. 

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) says determination has been a "sharp rise" successful measles cases crossed the globe, and the aforesaid inclination is continuing successful Canada, with 227 cases recorded truthful acold this year, mostly successful New Brunswick, Ontario, Québec and Manitoba. Many of the infected individuals had to beryllium hospitalized, the bureau added.