{"id":910537,"date":"2026-09-26T16:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T16:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/910537\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T16:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T16:00:11","slug":"health-officials-alert-public-to-possible-measles-exposure-at-salaberry-de-valleyfield-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/910537\/","title":{"rendered":"Health officials alert public to possible measles exposure at Salaberry-de-Valleyfield bar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Mont\u00e9r\u00e9gie public health department reported on Friday that a person with measles visited public places in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield between Sept. 17 and 20.<\/p>\n<p>During that time, the person visited various locations in the city, including an event held at the H\u00f4tel MOCO. The person also visited Dooly\u2019s bar in the town on the evening of Sept. 18\u201319, between 6 p.m. and 1 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople who visited these locations between Sept. 17 and 20 are asked to monitor for symptoms until Oct. 11, such as fever, cough, runny nose, red eyes, or a rash. Public health officials may contact certain individuals deemed at risk of having been exposed to the virus if follow-up is necessary,\u201d the authorities stated in a press release.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation is underway to identify individuals who may have been exposed to the virus.<\/p>\n<p>The public health department notes that measles is a highly contagious disease transmitted through the air. Infants, pregnant women, and immunocompromised individuals are at higher risk of developing complications if they contract the disease.<\/p>\n<p>The organization emphasizes that anyone who develops symptoms consistent with measles should contact the Info-Sant\u00e9 hotline at 811.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Montreal as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=montreal.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790438411_571_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Mont\u00e9r\u00e9gie public health department reported on Friday that a person with measles visited public places in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":910538,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[49,48,84],"class_list":["post-910537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910537","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=910537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/910538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=910537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=910537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=910537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}