Measles cases in Canada are increasing, Canada’s chief public health officer warns

Canada’s chief public well being officer says the variety of measles circumstances within the nation continues to rise. 

Dr. Theresa Tam says in a press release the Public Health Agency of Canada is conscious of 40 measles circumstances in Canada to this point this 12 months. 

That’s greater than 3 times the variety of circumstances reported in all of 2023. 

Tam says she is anxious that not sufficient kids have acquired the really helpful two doses of measles vaccine. 

She says measles is extremely contagious and is urging dad and mom and caregivers to make sure youngsters of their care have been vaccinated.

Tam says the bulk of people that have been contaminated with measles had been unvaccinated and most of them had been kids. 

She says though some individuals have been contaminated whereas travelling internationally, others have caught measles in Canada. 

Measles infections have been reported in Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan and British Columbia. 

“Measles is more than a rash. Infection can lead to rare, but severe complications, including deafness and brain injury caused by inflammation of the brain, and can even be fatal,” Tam mentioned within the assertion issued Wednesday.

“No one should have to experience serious illness from a vaccine-preventable disease like measles,” she mentioned.