A confirmed case of measles in New Brunswick.
The Officer of the Chief Medical Officer of Health is issuing an advisory for a potential exposure in the Moncton area to someone who recently travelled internationally.
The exposure was in New Brunswick and Quebec in the following locations:
- July 20, 11:20 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- July 20, Air Canada Flight 1550 Montreal to Fredericton
- July 20, 2:20 p.m. to 5 p.m Fredericton International Airport Arrivals
- July 21, 9 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Jean Coutu Pharmacy, 10525 Rue Principale, Saint-Louis-de-Kent
- July 22, 5:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. July 23, emergency department, Stella-Maris-de-Kent Hospital, Ste-Anne-de-Kent. Public Health officials will reach out to individuals who were present at the hospital during those times.
“Measles is a highly contagious respiratory disease and is vaccine-preventable,” said Dr. Rita Gad, regional medical officer of health.
Public Health says if you think you were exposed to check your immunization records.
“Early symptoms of the measles may include fever, cough, sore and/or red eyes, runny nose or tiny white spots in the mouth. Within three to seven days, a red blotchy rash will appear, first on the face and then spreading to the body, arms and legs.”
Public Health says the measles virus travels through the air or by direct contact with secretions from the nose or throat of an infected person.
Gad says if symptoms are present, call 811.
