WINNIPEG – Manitoba Health says there are two new cases of measles.
Officials say this brings the number of cases in the province to seven.
The new cases are a Winnipeg man in his 40s and a woman in her 30s who lives south and west of Winnipeg.
Officials say people who were at Sobey’s grocery store at 1500 Dakota Street in Winnipeg between noon and 5 p.m. on April 13 may have been exposed to the disease.
Officials say people who were at the following locations may also have been exposed to measles.
Hair Do Zoo on April 11 between 11 a.m. and 8 p.m., April 12 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. and April 14th between 9 a.m. and 4:15 p.m.,a bull-riding event at MTS Centre on April 12 between 6:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., Shoppers Drug Mart on Dakota Street on April 14 between 8:30 a.m. and 8:45 a.m. and the UPS Store on Dakota on April 14 between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m.
Measles is a respiratory disease caused by a virus.
British Columbia is currently in the grips of a large outbreak, with at least 375 cases so far, while in Alberta there have been 11 confirmed cases.
It’s a nasty infection, involving a red whole body rash. Most people who catch it survive, but between one and three cases per 1,000 can be fatal.
With files from The Canadian Press.
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