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People at a southeastern Winnipeg high school may have been exposed to measles earlier this week, Manitoba health officials say.
Anyone who was at the J.H. Bruns Collegiate in the city’s Southdale neighbourhood Monday afternoon from 1:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. may have been exposed to the highly contagious disease, the province said in an update Wednesday.
Two other potential sites were reported in the city.
Anyone who was at the Eric Coy Arena in Charleswood from 7 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. on Saturday or from 2:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Sunday could have been exposed to the disease, the province said.
And Winnipeggers who attended the Joy Fountain Church in the East Kildonan area from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday are also being advised to monitor for symptoms.
The province also said Wednesday that within the past six days, there were potential exposures at the Morden Adult Education Centre in Morden on Feb. 27 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and at the Homestead Co-op in Portage la Prairie on Feb. 28 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
On Tuesday, the province reported a potential exposure in Steinbach, at the Bethesda Regional Health Centre’s emergency department waiting room on Feb. 27 from 2:20 p.m. to 4:40 p.m.
Last month, the province said it will only release measles exposure notifications in cases where the exposure happened in the past six days, because those at risk could still benefit from preventative treatment.
Measles symptoms generally appear seven to 21 days after being exposed to the disease.
There have been 215 confirmed and 22 probable cases reported in the province so far in 2026, according to the latest data from the province.
For comparison, there were 319 confirmed and 29 probable cases reported for all of 2025, when the province’s outbreak began.