A confirmed measles case has prompted an exposure warning in Grande Prairie.
AHS says if you were at the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital’s Emergency Department between 10:20 p.m. on October 6th and 2:25 a.m. on October 7th, you may have been exposed to the virus.
Anyone 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.
