Health officials in British Columbia say that two new measles -related cases have been confirmed in the low continent, which has the number of those recently infected to four.
Fraser Health says that both infected people traveled in the same group of South Korea as another person whose measles infection was identified earlier this week.
These cases are not related to an infection last month that involves a resident of the Vancouver coastal health region that was also infected after a trip to Southeast Asia.
The officials have also expanded a list of locations where the members of the public could have been exposed, including Vancouver airport, a supermarket in Burnaby and a restaurant in Coquitlam.
Fraser Health warns people to make sure their vaccines are updated before spring holidays after two new measles cases were reported on Friday, only one day after another measles case was confirmed on Thursday. Last month, there was a case reported by measles. As Meera Bains reports, the four cases are linked to visits to Southeast Asia.
The public members may have been exposed if they were on the KE75 flight from Seoul to Vancouver on February 17 or at Vancouver International Airport the same day from 3:20 pm to 6:20 pm, according to the health authority.
The exhibition is also possible for any person in the PriceMart supermarket in 9899 Austin Road from 9 am to 11:20 am of February 20, in Big Way Hot Pot Restaurant in Coquitlam from 7 pm to 11 pm from February 28, and in the emergency department of the Colombian Royal Hospital of 2:30 pm from March 3 to 2:30 am from March 4, March 4.
The health authority says in a statement that public health personnel and in the workplace are following people directly to people who have been exposed to the virus.
He says that people who have been exposed must monitor symptoms up to three weeks later, including fever, dry cough, nasal secretion and red eyes, followed by an eruption.
Global increase in infections
Until Thursday, Canada had registered 227 measles cases this year, with more cases reported in the first two months of 2025 than in all 2024
Measles is a highly infectious disease transmitted by the propagation in the air, but most people in Canada are immune due to immunization or previous natural infection.
Symptoms include fever, dry cough, nasal secretion and red eyes, which can develop up to three weeks after being exposed.
The Canada Public Health Agency (PHAC) says that there has been a “strong increase” in cases of measles worldwide, and the same trend continues in Canada, with 227 cases recorded so far this year, mainly in New Brunswick, Ontario, Québec and Manitoba. Many of the infected individuals had to be hospitalized, the agency added.
