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June 26, 2025 - 4:52 PM
After a case of the measles was found in Kamloops earlier this week, Interior Health has confirmed several other cases.
The measles virus has been found in Kamloops, Kelowna, Salmon Arm and Nelson, according to a press release from Interior Health issued today, June 26.
The BC Centre for Disease Control has a full list of exposure locations, including any potential exposures for flights, airports and BC Ferries. It hasn't been updated since June 24.
Interior Health is following up with people who have been exposed, but it said the public health risk is low. Most Canadians are immune to measles because of vaccines or previous infection.
People who have never had measles, or weren’t vaccinated twice before and after 12 months of age, could get infected.
Folks who have come in contact with the virus should monitor for symptoms that could develop up to three weeks after exposure including fever, dry cough, runny nose and red eyes; followed a few days later by a rash that usually starts on the face and spreads rapidly down to the rest of the body.
READ MORE: First measles case in BC Interior confirmed in Kamloops
Anyone who develops measles symptoms has been asked to contact a health care provider or hospital before going in so they can take precautions to avoid spreading the virus to others.
Interior Health recommends people should get a booster vaccine if they were born after 1970 and didn’t get two doses of the measles vaccine.
Vaccines are free at your local community health centre and are available at some pharmacies.
Vaccines shouldn’t be given to babies under six months, pregnant women or people with certain immune conditions.
Interior Health said that two doses of the measles vaccine are almost 100 per cent effective at preventing serious illness and last a lifetime.
Go here for more information on measles and to check your vaccination status.
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