Manitoba warns of further measles exposure at Winnipeg children's hospital
New exposure also reported at Boundary Trails Health Centre emergency department
Manitoba public health officials are warning the public about potential measles exposures at two health-care facilities, including once again at Winnipeg children's hospital's emergency department.
Anyone who was in the department's waiting room between Monday, June 30, at 11:10 p.m. and Tuesday at 1:25 a.m. must monitor for symptoms until July 23, the province said in an update Friday.
On Monday, the province had warned about a potential exposure at the Winnipeg hospital — located in the city's Heath Sciences Centre — over the weekend.
Officials said Friday there was also another new potential exposure at the Boundary Trails Health Centre emergency department, which is between Morden and Winkler in southern Manitoba.
Anyone who was there between Tuesday at 10:20 p.m. and 1:35 a.m. on Wednesday must monitor for symptoms until July 24.
A full list of exposure sites can be found on the province's website.
There have been a total of 116 confirmed and eight probable measles cases in Manitoba so far in 2025.