The top doctor of a health office at the epicentre of Ontario's measles outbreak continues to urge vaccination as the best defence
A surge of measles cases on London’s doorstep has led to the first case of the highly infectious disease in Middlesex-London. The case reported Monday by the Middlesex-London Health Unit comes after several reports of measles exposure in London and Strathroy since late January. “The individual was likely exposed while visiting a neighbouring jurisdiction,” the […]
London Health Sciences Centre is changing its visiting policies at Children’s Hospital and its Women’s Care program in response to a surge of measles cases in the London region. The hospital said Friday it is restricting the number of people who can accompany patients, screening parents and caregivers and requiring proof of measles immunity. The […]
Hospitals in Elgin and Oxford counties are seeing 'serious complications' in children with measles, the area medical officer of health says
Public health officials at the epicentre of Ontario's measles outbreak near London have flagged four new exposure sites.
London public health officials are warning people may have been exposed to measles at Children’s Hospital in recent days, as communities outside of the city deal with multiple cases of the highly contagious virus. The Middlesex-London Health Unit released a public alert Sunday about a Thursday night measles exposure at Children’s Hospital at London Health […]
Confirmed cases of measles have spiked over the past two days in one area of Southwestern Ontario amid an outbreak declared last month.
Measles cases have quadrupled in one area east of London and more than doubled in a second area since outbreaks were declared two weeks ago, health officials said Tuesday. There are nearly 50 cases in several counties, doctors for two area health units said at a virtual news conference. Ninh Tran, medical officer of health […]
London public health officials are warning of several potential measles exposures at area hospitals in the last two weeks.
Two area health units have declared measles outbreaks after confirming nearly 20 combined cases of the highly contagious virus.