Ontario public health units issue measles warnings about 2 emergency rooms, walk-in clinic [Video]

Public health units in two Ontario communities in the southwestern portion of the province issued warnings over the weekend over potential measles contaminations.

The Southwestern Public Health, which covers St. Thomas as well as Oxford and Elgin counties, says that there was the potential for media exposure for those who were in the emergency department of Woodstock Hospital on Jan. 15 and 16 between 9:30 p.m. and 1:44 a.m.

The unit also issued a warning for those who visited the emergency room at Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital on Jan. 14 between 7:30 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.

“We are working quite closely with this healthcare setting to inform all known contacts. I want to stress that there was no gap in infection control processes identified,” Dr. Joyce Lock, acting Medical Officer of Health for the Southwestern Public Health, said in a statement issued after each case was reported.

“This …