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, the health agency is warning about the chance of exposure on flights between Toronto’s Pearson International Airport and London Heathrow Airport, according to a Monday 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 at 2:10 p.m. and arrived at Pearson at 5 p.m. The risk of acquiring measles from any of these places are low, particularly in the large open-air environments like the airport, said Dr. Herveen Sachdeva an associate medical officer with Toronto Public Health.In this instance, one of the adults who contracted measles is believed to have picked it up while travelling in North America, while the other contracted the virus in Southeast Asia, she said. “These two cases are unrelated, they are separate-travel related cases and so we are not seeing any local transmission,” Sachdeva said. “It is very, very rare to see any local transmission, because we have very good immunization coverage.”Including the new incidents, there have been a total of five confirmed measles cases in Toronto this year, Sachdeva said. Four of these cases were from travellers, she said. Anyone who may have been exposed should check their vaccination records and watch for symptoms, the health agency s ...
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