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Huron Perth Public Health has confirmed a local case of measles.
HPPH officials say this is the first laboratory confirmation of measles infection in Huron and Perth counties.
Health officials say they have completed case and contact tracing and will not be providing any additional public details about the case.
“There has been an ongoing measles outbreak in southwestern Ontario, and we have been closely monitoring the situation,” says Dr. Lauren Hayward, Physician Consultant at HPPH.
“Now is a good time to review information about measles and measles vaccination if you haven’t already.”
Someone who has measles can be contagious for four days before the rash starts until four days after the rash starts.
Most people fully recover from measles within two to three weeks, but sometimes measles can cause complications, such as pneumonia, ear infections, diarrhea, hearing loss, brain swelling (encephalitis), seizures or, rarely, death.
