Bethesda Regional Health Centre in Steinbach has been identified once again as a measles exposure site.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Public health officials with Manitoba Health, Seniors and Long-Term Care are notifying the public that anyone at this location on Tuesday of this week, between 1:25 pm and 4 pm, should monitor for symptoms until December 31st.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Public health is also asking anyone who was at this location during the specified times to check their immunization records and ensure they are up to date with measles vaccine (MMR or MMRV).<\/p>\n
For individuals who were exposed at this location and were born in 1970 or later, and have never received a measles vaccine, and have never had a measles infection:<\/p>\n
\n\tMeasles vaccine is recommended.
\n\tReduce exposures with others, especially anyone who has a weakened immune system or is unimmunized, from the fifth day after exposure to the 21st day after the latest exposure.
\n\tWatch for symptoms of measles until the date that corresponds with their situation as indicated above.
\n\tCertain people should not get the measles vaccine, including infants younger than six months of age, pregnant women, and people with weakened immune systems. These individuals should contact their health-care provider or public health as they may be eligible for preventative treatment (within six days of exposure).
\n\tClose contacts may be asked by public health to isolate and consider vaccination.
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Symptoms of measles generally appear seven to 21 days after exposure. Initial symptoms may include fever, runny nose, drowsiness, irritability, and red eyes. Small white spots may also develop on the inside of the mouth or throat. Several days after the initial symptoms, a red blotchy rash appears on the face and progresses down the body. Measles can lead to complications, including ear infections, diarrhea, pneumonia (lung infection), and encephalitis (brain inflammation).<\/p>\n
If symptoms develop, individuals who may have been exposed are advised to isolate at home and contact their health-care provider and advise of a potential measles exposure. Anyone else in the household who is unimmunized should limit exposure to others until the symptomatic person has received advice from their health-care provider. It is best to call ahead so health-care staff can take steps to reduce the exposure of other people to the virus.<\/p>\n
Bethesda Regional Health Centre was also identified as a measles exposure site back in September.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bethesda Regional Health Centre in Steinbach has been identified once again as a measles exposure site.\u00a0 Public health…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341352,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[49,48,84,392],"class_list":{"0":"post-341351","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\/341351","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=341351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}