{"id":930902,"date":"2026-10-13T01:26:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T01:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/930902\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T01:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T01:26:13","slug":"contagious-case-of-measles-reported-at-montreals-airport-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/930902\/","title":{"rendered":"Contagious case of measles reported at Montreal\u2019s airport \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"

MONTREAL \u2013 Montreal\u2019s public health authority has reported a new measles case.<\/p>\n

The health authority announced a child with measles was in the Montreal-Trudeau International Airport late Friday and in the Sainte-Justine hospital early on Saturday while still contagious.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The health authority asks people who may have come in contact with the child to monitor themselves for symptoms and seek preventive treatment if they are not vaccinated.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTravellers are seen walking towards Canadian departures at Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Montreal on Wednesday, March 18, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Christinne Muschi<\/p>\n

The most recent measles outbreak in Quebec ended in August after 28 reported cases.<\/p>\n

Federal measles data shows 1,121 cases have been reported in Canada this year as of Sept. 26.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In November 2025, Canada officially lost its measles-free status, which it had held since 1998.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Pan American Health Organization revoked the status after it confirmed the same strain of the virus had been transmitted in Canada for over a year.<\/p>\n

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Measles is an extremely contagious disease and can lead to serious complications, like blindness, encephalitis, pneumonia and even death in some cases.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The main symptoms are a high fever, cough, runny nose and a rash that starts on the face and spreads to the rest of the body.<\/p>\n

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Canadian Press health coverage receives support through a partnership with the Canadian Medical Association. CP is solely responsible for this content.<\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 12, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MONTREAL \u2013 Montreal\u2019s public health authority has reported a new measles case. The health authority announced a child…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":930903,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-930902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930902","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=930902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/930903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=930902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=930902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=930902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}