Infant wildfire evacuees can get measles vaccine: officials
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Provincial health officials are encouraging parents who’ve evacuated due to wildfires to vaccinate their babies for measles, amid an outbreak of the highly infectious disease in Manitoba.
The health department has expanded measles vaccine eligibility to infants, aged six months to 12 months, who’ve been evacuated from their home communities.
“One dose of MMR vaccine can be provided in addition to the routine schedule offered at 12 months of age and between four and six years old,” the province said in a bulletin on Wednesday.
Public health officials also said Wednesday anyone who attended the Boundary Trails Health Centre emergency room in Winkler on May 22 from 6 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. may have been exposed to measles. Anyone who was there at the time should monitor for symptoms until June 13.
A total of 72 confirmed and four probable cases of measles have been reported in the province this year as of May 24.