More potential measles exposures in Kingston, Belleville

OttawaThe health unit for Kingston and Belleville, Ont., is telling people at a college, restaurant, medical clinic and Via Rail train earlier this month they may need to take action against a potential measles exposure.Sites include school, restaurant and train from April 2 to 7CBC News · Posted: Apr 10, 2025 1:10 PM EDT | Last Updated: 10 hours agoA vial of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine in Lubbock, Texas in February. (Mary Conlon/The Associated Press)The health unit for Kingston and Belleville, Ont., is warning people at a high school, restaurant, medical clinic and on a Via Rail train earlier this month they may need to take action against a potential measles exposure.The South East Health Unit said in a Thursday news release it had confirmed a new measles case unrelated to previous cases in the area.People in the following places may have been exposed to the highly contagious, potentially serious illness: Nicholson Catholic College in Belleville Wednesday, April 2 to Friday, April 4 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Car 3 of Via Rail’s train 66 from Belleville to Kingston from 5:10 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, April 4 The Tim Hortons at 661 Cataraqui Woods Dr. near Gardiners Road in Kingston from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday, April 5. Centennial Family Physicians at 2437 Princess St., in Kingston, including its LifeLabs service centre, from 3 until 5:35 p.m. Monday, April 7. The health unit lays out a range of responses based on age, health, vaccination status and whether a person has symptoms such as a rash, irritated eyes, a fever or cough. The best protection is getting vaccinated, it said.Ontario is in a measles outbreak, with more than 800 cases as of the latest weekly update from Public Health Ontario.Fifty-eight cases are in the South East Health Unit, which is 22 more than last week.Ontario had no more than 22 cases a year from 2013 to 2019, according to the province.The South East Health Unit is a merger between the health units for Hastings and Prince Edward counties, Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington counties and Leeds, Grenville and Lanark counties.