Toronto confirms adult measles case, lists locations of potential exposure

Toronto Public Health (TPH) is investigating a confirmed case of adult measles in the city.

A “travel-related” case was lab-confirmed and the health department says they are following up on known contacts who were at risk of being exposed.

TPH has released a list of times and locations where people may have been exposed to the virus:

• April 14 – Toronto Western Hospital, 399 Bathurst St.: Emergency Department Ambulatory waiting room, between 11:15 p.m. and 3:30 a.m.
• April 15 – Toronto Western Hospital, 399 Bathurst St.: Emergency Department Ambulatory Area, between 1:40 a.m. and 5:40 a.m.
• April 18 – Harbourfront Apple Tree Medical Clinic, 8 York St.: Unit # 4, between 12:30 and 5 p.m.
• April 19 – Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth St.: Emergency Department Rapid Assessment Centre, between 10 p.m. and 12:45 a.m.
• April 20 – Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth St.: Tropical Diseases/Liver/Immunodeficiency Clinic waiting room, between 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
• April 20 – Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth St.: Blood Collection/Diagnostic Test Centre and Pre-Admission Clinic waiting room, between 2:45 p.m. and 5 p.m.
• April 21 – Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth St.: Tropical Diseases Liver/Immunodeficiency Clinic waiting room, between 9:50 a.m. and 11:50 a.m.
• April 21 – Blood Collection/Diagnostic Test Centre and Pre-Admission Clinic waiting room, between 11:35 a.m. and 2:15 p.m.

Last year there was one confirmed measles case in Toronto. The five-year average in the city is two cases per year.

“Measles is a highly contagious disease that spreads easily to those who are susceptible,” reads a TPH release. “Anyone who has not had two doses of a measles vaccine (MMR or MMRV) or who has not had measles in the past is at risk of infection.”

TPH is out with the following guidelines for anyone who thinks they have been exposed: