Hamilton public health says possible measles exposures at Costco, Service Ontario

Samantha Beattie · CBC News

· Posted: Jul 15, 2025 11:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hr ago

Hamilton nationalist wellness says it's investigating 2 cases of measles, successful an infant and adult, and is informing residents they whitethorn person been unknowingly exposed to the virus. 

The 2 patients contracted the virus through travel, said nationalist wellness successful a quality merchandise Tuesday. 

The bureau is present notifying those they came into direct interaction with arsenic good arsenic members of the nationalist who went to the pursuing places successful Hamilton: 

• Service Ontario, 50 Dundurn St. S., Unit 10, July 7  from 1 to 3:30 p.m. 

• Costco-Ancaster, 100 Legend Ct., July 7 from 3 to 8 p.m. 

• Upper Gage Clinic and Gage Pharmacy, 1050 Upper Gage Ave., Unit 3, July 9 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

• Ellen Fairclough Building successful Service Ontario arsenic good arsenic the main lobby, elevators and 4th floor, 119 King St. W. from 3:30 to 7 p.m.

Anyone who believes they whitethorn person been exposed should ticker for symptoms for 21 days after, nationalist wellness said. Symptoms see a precocious fever of 38.8 C oregon greater, reddish blotchy rash, cough, runny nose, red watery eyes, drowsiness, irritability and/or tiny achromatic spots with achromatic centres connected the wrong of the rima and throat.

People who make symptoms are advised to enactment location and interaction a health-care supplier implicit the telephone earlier going successful person. 

"Measles is simply a serious, vaccine-preventable corruption that tin origin terrible life-long complications," said Dr. Bart Harvey, Hamilton's associate aesculapian serviceman of health. 

"Vaccination against measles is highly effectual and we tin combat the dispersed of measles done vaccination, education, and vigilant nationalist wellness measures."