Manitoba measles cases climb as vaccination rates fall – Winnipeg [Video]

The province’s two latest measles cases are both concerning and expected, a Southern Health region official says.

“With measles occurring in such high numbers in all of these nearby jurisdictions, it unfortunately was very likely that we were going to get more cases,” said Dr. Davinder Singh, Southern Health’s Medical Officer of Health.

Those jurisdictions include Ontario, which has seen more than 1,000 cases since October 2024. In the U.S., at least two children died after contracting the disease. Typical symptoms include a fever and rash, but in some cases, patients can experience seizures, pneumonia, and brain damage.

According to Manitoba Health, there have been eight confirmed and four probable cases in the province in 2025. Dr. Singh says these are the first cases in the province since 2019, adding the two most recent cases resulted in a school exposure.

“A number of the children that were present during the time that we’re worried about for exposure were or are unimmunized,” …