Alberta Health warns of possible exposure risk

Individual with confirmed case was active in community from May 8-12

Alberta Health Services issued a health advisory Tuesday after an individual with lab-confirmed measles was in several public locations in Edmonton while infectious.

According to a news release from the provincial health authority, the infected person visited several places between May 8-12, including Northgate Mall, the Misericordia Hospital and a liquor store on Stony Plain Road.

Anyone who visited the following locations during the time-periods may have been exposed to the disease.

May 8, 2018:

Northgate Mall (9499 137 Ave);

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8:30 a.m.—10 p.m.

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May 9, 2018:

Northgate Mall (9499 137 Ave);

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8:30 a.m.—6:30 p.m.The Misericordia Community Hospital Emergency Department (1694087 Ave); 6:48 p.m.—11:59 p.m.The Misericordia Community Hospital Diagnostic Imaging (16940-87 Ave); 11:55 p.m.—11:59 p.m.

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May 10, 2018:

The Misericordia Community

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Hospital Emergency Department (16940-87 Ave); 12 a.m.—8:30 p.m.

The Misericordia Community

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Hospital Diagnostic Imaging (16940-87 Ave); 12 a.m.—2:25 a.m.

The Misericordia Community

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Hospital Diagnostic Imaging (16940-87 Ave); 10:30 a.m.—2 p.m.

The Misericordia Community

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Hospital: Endoscopy, Surgical Day Ward and Day Surgery (including in the waiting room) (16940-87 Ave); 2:47 p.m.—7:58 p.m.

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May 11, 2018:

Real Canadian Superstore

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(17303 Stony Plain Rd); 4:30 p.m.—8:30 p.m.The Misericordia Community Hospital Emergency Department (16940-87 Ave); 9:50 p.m.—11:59 p.m.

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May 12, 2018:

The Misericordia Community

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Hospital Emergency Department (16940-87 Ave); 12 a.m.—9 a.m. The Misericordia Community Hospital Diagnostic Imaging (16940-87 Ave); 3:21 a.m.—5:51 a.m.

If you were at those locations during those time frames, and were born after 1970, and have not had measles or have not received two doses of measles vaccine, you may be at risk for developing the disease.

Any pregnant women or people with infants under one-year-old who visited the Misericordia Hospital on May 10, 11, 12 are encouraged to call Health Link at 811 for preventive treatment.

Anyone else is asked to monitor their symptoms for the next 21 days until June 2.

Symptoms of measles includes a fever of 38.3 C or higher, a cough, runny nose and/or red eyes, and a red blotchy rash that appears three to seven days after fever starts, beginning behind the ears and on the face and spreading down the body and then to the arms and legs. Measles has no cure.

Most cases eventually clear up on their own, but some infections can lead to severe complications like pneumonia, encephalitis and death.

Those infected with measles are often contagious before they show any symptoms.