{"id":285443,"date":"2025-11-15T21:06:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T21:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/285443\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T21:06:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T21:06:25","slug":"measles-exposure-reported-at-portage-hospital-portageonline-com-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/285443\/","title":{"rendered":"Measles exposure reported at Portage hospital &#8211; PortageOnline.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manitoba public health officials are warning residents about a new measles exposure at the Portage District General Hospital emergency department, on Nov. 11 from midnight to 4:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone present during that time should monitor for symptoms until Dec. 3.<\/p>\n<p>Manitoba has reported 263 measles cases in 2025, including 247 confirmed and 16 probable.<\/p>\n<p>May had the highest number with 72 cases, while November has recorded just one confirmed case.<\/p>\n<p>People born in 1970 or later who have never had measles or a measles vaccine are advised to get immunized. Exposed individuals should limit contact with others, especially the immunocompromised or unimmunized, from the fifth to the 21st day after exposure.<\/p>\n<p>Some groups, including infants under six months, pregnant women, and those with weakened immune systems, should contact health authorities for possible preventative treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Measles symptoms appear seven to 21 days after exposure and can include fever, runny nose, red eyes, drowsiness, and white spots in the mouth, followed by a red blotchy rash. Complications can include ear infections, diarrhea, pneumonia, and encephalitis.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone experiencing symptoms should isolate and contact their health-care provider.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manitoba public health officials are warning residents about a new measles exposure at the Portage District General Hospital&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282773,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[49,48,84,392],"class_list":{"0":"post-285443","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-healthcare"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}