HSC Children’s Hospital flagged as measles exposure site

Health officials are warning of a new measles exposure location in Winnipeg.

As of May 9, there have been 568 confirmed and 74 probable cases of measles in Manitoba this year. Nineteen confirmed and two probable cases were recorded in May.

Provincial public health officials said Tuesday that people who were at the Health Sciences Centre Children’s Hospital emergency department waiting room and minor treatment areas on May 14 from 1:05 a.m. to 10:40 a.m. may have been exposed to the virus.

Infants younger than six months and pregnant people are advised not to get the measles vaccine.

The measles virus spreads through close contact with an infected person and through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes.

The province has recorded more measles cases so far this year than it did in all of 2025, when 319 were recorded.