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:
Grande Prairie Regional Hospital Emergency Department
Exposure Time Period: June 28, 2025: 10 p.m. – June 29, 2025: 5 a.m.
Grande Prairie Regional Hospital Unit 22
Exposure Time Period: June 29, 2025: 3 a.m. – June 30, 2025: 12 a.m.
Grande Prairie Regional Hospital Pre-Operative Holding
Exposure Time Period: June 29, 2025: 12:20 p.m. – 12:55 p.m.
Grande Prairie Regional Hospital Post-Anesthetic Care Unit
Exposure Time Period: June 29, 2025: 1:30 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.
Fairview Health Complex Emergency Department
Exposure Time Period: June 28, 2025: 2:50 p.m. – 10:20 p.m.
June 30, 2025: 9:10 a.m. – July 1, 2025: 12:05 a.m. (MDT)
July 7, 2025: 8:45 a.m. – 12:40 p.m. (MDT)
Anyone who was at these 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.
