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Vancouver Coastal Health warns anyone who has visited the Skookum festival, who has visited Noodlebox Mount Pleasant or the outdoor community neighborhood party, or who has used public transit in Vancouver at specific times.
Vancouver Coastal Health is warning everyone who attended the Skookum Music Festival, an event that drew 50,000 people to Stanley Park over the weekend, about possible exposure to measles.
A person who attended the festival Saturday, as well as other events and venues in Vancouver during the past week, was confirmed as having measles, which potentially exposed other people.
Health officials advise members of the public who were in one of the following locations during the periods indicated below and who were not fully immunized with two doses of measles vaccine (such as the vaccine MMR). immediately consult a doctor:
- Saturday, September 8 – Skookum Festival, Stanley Park, 5 pm to 1 am
- Saturday, September 8 – Olympic Village Aquabus at Hornby Street, approximately 3 pm
- Saturday, September 8 – Canada Line skyline from downtown Vancouver to Broadway-City Hall at 11 pm to 1 am
- Sunday, September 9 – Outdoor Party at 1188 Quebec Street, 1 to 3 pm
- Sunday, September 9 – Bus from Main Street from Central Station to Broadway, 3 pm to 5 pm
- Tuesday, September 11 – Noodlebox Mount Pleasant (2511 Main Street) – noon to 6 pm
Measles is a highly infectious disease that spreads in the air. People who are not fully immunized against measles or who have never had the disease may contract the disease.
Symptoms include fever, cough, runny nose and red eyes, followed a few days later by a rash that starts on the face and spreads to the chest.
Vancouver Coastal Health says most people in British Columbia. Are immunized against measles because they have received two doses of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (MMR) or have had the disease.
"If you were born before January 1, 1970, you are probably immune. If you were born between 1970 and 1994 or if you grew up outside of British Columbia, you may have received a single dose of MMR vaccine and you need a second dose to be fully protected, said the VCH in a statement.
Anyone who has contracted measles as a result of this exposure could develop symptoms between September 15th and September 29th.
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