AHS advises of potential measles exposures in Coaldale and Lethbridge

Albertans in the South Health Zone, including in Lethbridge and Coaldale, are advised of more measles cases. 

Alberta Health Services says people who were at the following sites during the times listed below might have been exposed to the illness:  

April 11 – 12 

Days Inn by Wyndham – Calgary Airport (2799 Sunridge Way NE, Calgary) 

• Exposure time period – inn: Approx. 5 p.m. April 11 – noon April 12 (MST) 

• Exposure time period – pool specific: Approx. 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. (MST) April 11 

April 11 

CrossIron Mills (261055 Crossiron Blvd, Rocky View County) 

• Exposure time period: Approx. 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. (MST) 

April 11 

Ikea Calgary (8000 11 St. SE, Calgary) 

• Exposure time period: Approx. 4 p.m. – 7 p.m. (MST) 

April 14 

Taber Health Centre – main waiting room (4326 50 Ave.) 

• Exposure time period: Approx. 2 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. (MST) 

April 14 

Coaldale Health Centre (2100 11 St.) 

• Exposure time period: Approx. 5:30 p.m. – 11 p.m. (MST) 

April 15 

Taber Health Centre – main waiting room and laboratory (4326 50 Ave.) 

• Exposure time period: Approx. 3 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. (MST) 

April 16 

Chinook Regional Hospital – computed tomography/diagnostic imaging (960 19 St. South, Lethbridge) 

• Exposure time period: Approx. 2:55 p.m. – 5:10 p.m. (MST) 

AHS says anyone who was at those locations at those times, who was born in or after 1970 and has less than two documented doses of the measles vaccine, is at risk of developing the illness. Officials advise monitoring for symptoms and staying home if any develop. 

Symptoms of measles include a fever, cough, runny nose and/or red eyes, as well as a rash that shows up three to seven days after the fever starts. The rash will usually start behind the ears and on the face, then spread down to the body and to the arms and legs. The rash appears red and blotchy on lighter skin tones and on darker skin tones, can appear purple or darker than the skin around it, and may be difficult to see. 

More information on measles is available at the AHS website. 

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