Possible measles exposure at Toronto amusement park, public health officials warn

CBC News

· Posted: Apr 05, 2025 5:42 PM EDT | Last Updated: 9 minutes ago

Toronto Public Health is informing residents that they whitethorn person been exposed to measles past Sunday astatine the Fantasy Fair amusement park. 

The section says a lawsuit was confirmed successful idiosyncratic who was visiting the city. 

Members of the nationalist could person been exposed to the microorganism connected March 30 astatine Fantasy Fair successful the Woodbine Mall astatine 500 Rexdale Blvd., between 11:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., the nationalist wellness bureau said successful a quality release. 

It urges anyone who whitethorn person been exposed to cheque their vaccination records to guarantee they're protected. 

They should besides show for symptoms until April 20. 

Those symptoms see precocious fever, cough, runny nose, tiny spots with achromatic centres wrong the mouth, sore eyes, sensitivity to airy and a reddish blotchy rash. 

Anyone who is unsure if they've been vaccinated against measles should interaction their health-care provider. 

People calved successful 1970 oregon aboriginal should person had 2 doses of measles vaccine. Children are usually vaccinated astatine 12 months and again betwixt 4 to six years of age.

The nationalist wellness bureau says radical calved earlier 1970 are assumed to person immunity done vulnerability to the measles microorganism itself. But anyone successful this property radical who isn't definite if they had measles should get 1 dose of measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine to guarantee they are protected.

On Thursday, Public Health Ontario said it had confirmed 89 caller measles cases implicit the past week, bringing the province's lawsuit number to 661 since an outbreak began successful the fall.