A confirmed measles case has prompted an exposure warning in Grande Prairie.
AHS says if you were at the following locations during these times, you may have been exposed:
Real Canadian Superstore
Exposure time period:
May 24, 2025: 1 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. (MDT)
Grande Prairie Regional Hospital Patient Registration
Exposure time periods:
May 25, 2025: 10 p.m. to May 26, 2025: 8 a.m. (MDT)
May 26, 2025: 7 p.m. to May 27, 2025: 9 a.m. (MDT)
May 28, 2025: 7 p.m. to May 29, 2025: 9 a.m. (MDT)
McDonald’s
11802 100 St.
Exposure time period:
May 25, 2025: 9 p.m. and 12 a.m. (MDT)
Grande Prairie Regional Hospital Emergency Department
Exposure time period:
May 27, 2025: 6:30 p.m. to May 28, 2025: 3 a.m. (MDT)
Wok Box
Exposure time period:
May 29, 2025: 3:30 p.m. to 6:10 p.m.
Starbucks
9910 92 St.
Exposure time period:
May 29, 2025: 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. (MDT)
Anyone who was at this locations at those times, who was born in or after 1970 and has less than two documented doses of the measles vaccine may be at risk of developing the illness. Symptoms include a fever, a cough, a runny nose and/or red eyes and a rash that shows up three to seven days after the fever starts. The rash usually starts behind the ears and on the face, then spreads down to the body and to the arms and legs.
The Alberta government has also launched a measles hotline at 1-844-944-3434 if you have any questions or concerns.
