Calgary medical clinic site of potential measles exposure, province says - BERITAJA

The Alberta authorities is informing anyone who whitethorn person visited a southwest Calgary aesculapian session connected May 11 that they whitethorn person been exposed to measles.

The imaginable vulnerability happened astatine the Rockyview Westhills Medical Clinic, located connected Stewart Green SW, betwixt 10:06 and 12:31 connected May 11.

The state says anyone who attended the session during that time, who was calved successful 1970 aliases later and has less than 2 documented doses of measles-containing vaccine, aliases who has ne'er had the disease, whitethorn beryllium astatine consequence for processing it.

Anyone who falls into that class is asked to return further precautions if presenting to a wellness attraction facility. They should show for symptoms of bales and are powerfully encouraged to reappraisal their immunization records.

Symptoms of measles include:

• Fever of 38.3° C aliases higher; and
• Cough, runny chemoreceptor and/or reddish eyes; and
• A rash that appears 3 to 7 days aft fever starts, usually opening down the ears and connected the look and spreading down to the assemblage and past to the arms and legs. The rash appears reddish and blotchy connected lighter tegument colours. On darker tegument colours, it could look purple aliases darker than the tegument about it, aliases it mightiness beryllium difficult to see.

If symptoms of measles do develop, individuals are advised to enactment location and telephone the measles hotline astatine 1-844-944-3434 earlier visiting immoderate wellness attraction installation aliases provider, including a family expert session aliases pharmacy.

Alberta Health has recorded 316 cases of bales truthful acold successful 2026 — including 10 successful the Calgary zone. Only 1 lawsuit successful Alberta — located successful Calgary — is said to still beryllium progressive arsenic of June 3.

Known nationalist vulnerability locations are shared connected the province’s website here.