Alberta health officials issued a public health alert this week in response to a lab-confirmed measles case in an individual that visited several public settings in Edmonton, while infectious.
Individuals who were in the below noted locations on the dates and in the time-periods specified, may have been exposed to measles:
May 8, 2018
Exposure location: Northgate Mall (9499 137th Ave.)
Exposure time period: 8:30 a.m. – 10 p.m.
May 9, 2018
Location: Northgate Mall
Time period: 8:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Location: The Misericordia Community Hospital Emergency Department (16940 87th Ave.)
Time period: 6:48 p.m. – 11:59 p.m.
Location: The Misericordia Community Hospital Diagnostic Imaging
Time period: 11:55 p.m. – 11:59 p.m.
May 10, 2018
Location: The Misericordia Community Hospital Emergency Department
Time period: 12 a.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Location: The Misericordia Community Hospital Diagnostic Imaging
Time period: 12 a.m. – 2:25 a.m.
Location: The Misericordia Community Hospital Diagnostic Imaging
Time period: 10:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Location: The Misericordia Community Hospital: Endoscopy, Surgical Day Ward and Day Surgery (including the waiting room)
Time period: 2:47 p.m. – 7:58 p.m.
May 11, 2018
Location: Real Canadian Superstore (17303 Stony Plain Rd)
Time period: 4:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Location: The Misericordia Community Hospital Emergency Department
Time period: 9:50 p.m. – 11:59 p.m.
May 12, 2018
Location: The Misericordia Community Hospital Emergency Department
Time period: 12 a.m. – 9 a.m.
Location: The Misericordia Community Hospital Diagnostic Imaging
Time period: 3:21 a.m. – 5:51 a.m.
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Individuals who were in the above locations in the timeframes noted and who were born after 1970, and have NOT already had measles disease or have NOT received two doses of measles vaccine, may be at risk for developing measles.
Symptoms of Measles include:
- fever of 38.3° C or higher; and
- cough, runny nose and/or red eyes; and
- a red blotchy rash that appears three to seven days after fever starts, beginning behind the ears and on the face and spreading down the body and then to the arms and legs.
Measles is an extremely contagious disease, spread easily through the air. There is no treatment for measles; however, it can be prevented through immunization.
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