Alberta Health Services (AHS) has issued a measles exposure warning for Edmonton, saying that a person with a confirmed case went to IHOP, Costco and Century Mile Racetrack and Casino.
Individuals who were in the following locations during the specified dates and times may have been exposed to measles:
Century Mile Racetrack and Casino
- 4711 Airport Perimeter Road, Edmonton International Airport
- July 26 from about 12 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Costco
- 2584 46 Ave East, Edmonton International Airport
- July 27 from around 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
IHOP
- South Park Centre, 3921 Calgary Trail, Edmonton
- July 27 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Anyone who was at these locations during the specified times, who was born in or after 1970 and has fewer than two documented doses of the measles vaccine may be at risk of developing measles.
Symptoms of measles include a fever of 38.3 C or higher, cough, runny nose, red eyes and a rash that appears three to seven days after the fever starts.
Complications of measles can include ear infections, pneumonia, inflammation of the brain, premature delivery, and, rarely, death.
Should symptoms of measles develop, AHS advises people to stay home and call the measles hotline at 1-844-944-3434 before visiting any health care facility or provider, including a family physician clinic or pharmacy.
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