Toronto Public Health says it is investigating two confirmed travel-related cases of measles in adults with possible exposure in the GTA earlier this month.In both cases, an infected person was travelling between Toronto’s Pearson International Airport and London Heathrow Airport on an Air Canada flight, the health agency said in a news release.It says it is following up people known to have come into contact with the highly contagious virus and is warning that the public may have been exposed on the following dates: May 5: Remely’s Restaurant, at 4830 Sheppard Ave. E. between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Pearson International Airport, Terminal 1, between 6 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Air Canada Flight AC848, which departed Toronto at 8:40 p.m. and arrived in London Heathrow Airport at 8:35 a.m. on May 6 May 8: The Toronto Zoo between 1:30 and 5 p.m. Pearson International Airport, Terminal 1, between 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Air Canada flight AC849, which departed London Heathrow Airport at 2:10 p.m. and arrived at Pearson at 5 p.m. While the risk of acquiring the measles is low, anyone who many have been exposed should check their vaccination records and watch for symptoms, Toronto Public Health said in a news release. Those who are most at risk of infection are people who do not have the measles vaccine, infants under 1 year of age, pregnant women and those with a weakened immune system. Toronto Public Health is asking any of these people who may have been exposed to call the health agency at 416-338-7600 to discuss followup recommendations.Read more:Ontario’s vaccination coverage is not what you think. Here are the rates from Toronto to Ottawa that have experts worriedOntario failed to build a reliable tool to track children’s vaccinations, and now relies on parents to use the honour systemCanada’s chief health officer takes aim at misinformation in measles outbreakSymptoms of the measles include coldlike symptoms, such as a cough or runny nose; a ...
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