Public health units in Southwestern Ontario and Haldimand-Norfolk issued warnings over the weekend about potential measles exposure at various healthcare facilities and a family practice clinic. Officials are working to identify and contact all potential exposures.
Public health units in two Ontario communities in the southwestern portion of the province issued warnings over the weekend over potential, which covers St. Thomas as well as Oxford and Elgin counties, says that there was the potential for media exposure for those who were in the emergency department of Woodstock Hospital on Jan. 15 and 16 between 9:30 p.m. and 1:44 a.m.
“We are working quite closely with this healthcare setting to inform all known contacts. I want to stress that there was no gap in infection control processes identified,” Dr. Joyce Lock, acting Medical Officer of Health for the Southwestern Public Health, said in a statement issued after each case was reported.“This message is really intended for people who were at this location that we cannot reach, such as people who visited even briefly during these timeframes.
On Tuesday, GEPH says that it has a newly probable case which is an adult who is connected to a previous case.Story continues below advertisement
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