Ottawa has 1st confirmed measles cases since 2019 [Video]

Ottawa has its first confirmed measles cases since 2019, part of the still-growing outbreak in many parts of the province.

Ontario has now reported 1,243 measles cases across 17 public health units, including 223 new cases in the week since its last update.

That includes new cases in Algoma Public Health in the Sault Ste. Marie area and Renfrew County’s health unit northwest of Ottawa.

An adult and child from Ottawa are also believed to have contracted measles while traveling abroad, Ottawa Public Health (OPH) said in its own statement Thursday. 

OPH has been contact tracing and is warning people who visited these places at these times that they may have been exposed to the highly contagious viral infection:

• The Food Basics at 1021 Cyrville Rd. on  April 21 between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.
• The Costco at 1405 …