Ontario high school closes after measles exposure reported on campus [Video]

A high school in Kitchener, Ont., was closed on Thursday after there was a confirmed case of measles connected to the school by Waterloo Public Health (WPH).

In a release, the Waterloo Region District School Board said that there were exposures on campus at Eastwood Collegiate Institute on May 7 and 8.

It said the school was closed to allow for Public Health to complete the required steps in vaccination verification, but did not offer when the school would reopen.

“In an effort to ensure the safety and well-being of students and staff and working collaboration with Region of Waterloo Public Health, Eastwood Collegiate Institute (ECI) is closed to in-person learning on May 15, 2025,” WRDSB director of education Scott Miller said in a statement issued to Global News.

David Aoki, director of infectious diseases, told Global News how vaccination verification works beginning with positive results being reported to Public Health through health care providers and laboratories.

“We then follow …