Number of measles cases in Ontario has surpassed total for all of 2023

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Number of measles cases in Ontario has surpassed total for all of 2023
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With the latest case of measles, identified in a child who recently travelled through Toronto Pearson International Airport, Ontario has more confirmed infections in the first few months of 2024 than all of last year.

Hamilton Public Health Services confirmed the case was in a child who had acquired the illness during a recent trip to India.The agency says that members of the public may have been exposed to the illness while on a Saudi Arabian Airlines flight, number SV 61 from Jeddah, on March 5. The plane left Jeddah at 9:40 a.m. local time and landed at Toronto Pearson International Airport around 3:25 p.m. EST.

Measles is a highly contagious, with symptoms that include red rashes, fever, cough, runny nose, red eyes and fatigue. Individuals can also get unusual white spots in their mouths., there have been eight lab-confirmed cases of measles reported in Ontario so far in 2024. Of those infections, six were related to travel and two had an unknown source of exposure.The cases with an unknown source are in individuals with no history or travel or no epidemiological link with a confirmed case.

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