No new measles cases in Waterloo region, Guelph and Wellington County since July 8

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· Posted: Jul 17, 2025 2:29 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

There person been nary caller measles cases reported successful Waterloo region, Guelph oregon Wellington County since July 8, caller numbers from Public Health Ontario show.

In the update released Thursday, it shows full lawsuit numbers arsenic of July 15 as:

• Region of Waterloo Public Health: 110 cases.
• Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health: 71 cases.

Ontario saw a full of 32 caller cases of measles successful the past week with 19 of those reported by Huron Perth Public Health, which covers areas including Stratford, Clinton, Goderich and St. Mary's.

The measles outbreak successful this state began past October erstwhile Public Health Ontario received a study of a travel-related lawsuit linked backmost to a societal gathering successful New Brunswick. Ontario's archetypal outbreak cases were reported the week of Oct. 28, 2024.

As of July 15, determination person been a full of 2,342 confirmed oregon probable measles cases successful Ontario since the commencement of 2024, of which 2,276 are linked to the outbreak. There has been 1 decease of an infant with measles.

At its highest successful April and May, the outbreak of the highly contagious illness was generating much than 200 caller cases weekly.

Measles is simply a highly contagious respiratory virus. Symptoms of measles see fever, a reddish blotchy rash, reddish watery eyes and cough. 

The hazard of contracting measles for individuals who are afloat immunized, with 2 doses of a vaccine, oregon calved earlier 1970, is considered precise low.