Sask. Health Authority warns of possible measles exposure in Weyburn

Chris Edwards · CBC News

· Posted: May 04, 2025 6:28 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago

The Saskatchewan Health Authority is reporting a imaginable measles vulnerability successful Weyburn, Sask.

In a quality merchandise connected May 2, the wellness authorization warned of an vulnerability to the microorganism astatine the Walmart connected Sims Avenue connected the day of April 17 from 3:45 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.

The SHA is asking individuals who were astatine that determination to show themselves for symptoms. 

Measles symptoms see fever, cough, runny chemoreceptor and reddish eyes. As the illness develops successful the body, tiny achromatic spots whitethorn look wrong the rima and throat. Within astir 3 to 7 days aft symptoms begin, the victim's look whitethorn make a reddish blotchy rash.

Members of the nationalist who were astatine the Walmart astatine that clip and grounds immoderate symptoms are asked to telephone HealthLine 811 for an assessment. They whitethorn besides interaction their doc oregon caregiver practitioner, but should not be a session if they are symptomatic.

Measles is highly contagious. It tin dispersed precise easy to others done the aerial and tin beryllium transmitted done a idiosyncratic touching their look aft contacting a contaminated surface, wherever it tin past for up to 2 hours aft contact.

According to the SHA, erstwhile a idiosyncratic catches the microorganism it tin dispersed from 4 days earlier a rash appears until 4 days afterwards. In bid to debar spreading it to others, the unfortunate should isolate themselves. 

As of April 30 determination person been 12 confirmed cases of measles successful Saskatchewan successful 2025. That follows a azygous lawsuit successful 2024, and nary since 2019, erstwhile determination was besides a azygous case. Before that, determination were 16 cases successful 2014.

There is nary known cure for measles, but it tin beryllium efficaciously prevented by vaccination. Vaccines tin beryllium obtained for escaped for anyone calved aft 1970 who are implicit 12 months old. They tin beryllium accessed astatine work locations crossed the province.