Alberta Health Services (AHS) has released a list of locations where people may have been exposed to measles after learning of a confirmed case in Calgary.
The health agency says the individual was in a number of public places while infectious and say anyone who was in the following locations during the specified times may have been exposed:
- Amenida Residences & Hotel, 4206 Macleod Trail — from July 4 at 9 a.m. to July 5 at 11 a.m.
- Ricky’s All Day Grill, 6262 Macleod Trail — July 4 from 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.
- Tim Hortons, 3840 Macleod Trail — July 4 from 1:15 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
- Ricky’s All Day Grill, 6262 Macleod Trail — July 4 from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.
- Anejo Restaurant, 2116 4 Street SW — July 4 from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
- The Winkin’ Owl Pub and Kitchen, 13750 Bow Bottom Trail — from July 4 at 11:30 p.m. to July 5 at 3:30 a.m.
Anyone who was at the location during the specified times, was born in or after 1970, and has less than two doses of the measles vaccine, could be at risk.
People who meet those requirements are being asked to self-monitor for symptoms. Measles symptoms can take up to three weeks to show up after exposure.
Symptoms include:
- Fever of 38.3° C or higher; and
- Cough, runny nose and/or red eyes; and
- A rash that appears 3 to 7 days after fever starts, usually beginning behind the ears and on the face and spreading down to the body and then to the arms and legs. The rash appears red and blotchy on lighter skin colours. On darker skin colours, it can appear purple or darker than the skin around it, or it might be hard to see.
If symptoms of measles develop, individuals should stay home and call the measles hotline at 1-844-944-3434 before visiting any healthcare facility or provider, including a family physician clinic or pharmacy.
Alberta is approaching 1,300 measles case since the beginning of March. Most of the cases are outside of Calgary and Edmonton, with more than 750 in the province’s South Zone and nearly 330 in the North Zone.