VANCOUVER—Two new cases of measles have been diagnosed in the Vancouver area for a total of 10 illnesses as health officials say they’re concerned they can’t find the source of one of the infections. Vancouver Coastal medical health officer Dr. Althea Hayden says nine of the cases are clearly associated with schools that were at the centre of the original outbreak this month, but they don’t know where the other person contracted the disease. Nine of the 10 measles cases are clearly associated with schools that were at the centre of the original outbreak this month, but Vancouver Coastal medical health says they don’t know where the other person contracted the disease. Hayden says the health authority is doing its best to find the source of measles in the 10th person in an effort to prevent more people from being exposed. Measles at first presents with flu-like symptoms, coughing, a runny nose and red eyes, but then a fever develops, followed by the distinctive rash.

Source: thestar February 23, 2019 01:18 UTC