A Montreal hospital is warning its patients about possible measles exposure, after an employee worked there while contagious with the disease.
McGill University Health Centre says the possible exposure could have occurred at its Glen adult site between March 23 and March 27.that the employee in question “had limited contact with patients and staff” but the hospital isn’t taking any chances.
The “vast majority” of those possibly exposed are likely immune, including those born before 1970 and those who received two doses of the MMR vaccine, she said. Symptoms of measles include fever, cough, runny nose, stuffy nose, red and watery eyes, tiny white spots in the mouth, and a rash that appears first on the face and then spreads, according to MUHC.
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