Expanding measles issues for Manitoba folks because the reliable says that the province is gazing the outbreak

Parents are getting more worried in Manitoba because measles cases increase, and for the first time, the authorities called what is happening in the province.

On Wednesday, the province announced 16 new cases of highly infectious infections from last week, bringing a total of 60 confirmed cases and four possible cases for the year. Among them, 42 cases have been confirmed in May alone, Provincial health data Until 17 May.

“We are experiencing an outbreak,” the Provincial Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Santina Lee said on Wednesday.

“We are looking at more cases than normal, and we are looking at some ongoing community transmission,” meaning cases that had no known contact with a case either during the journey or Manitoba.

Most of the cases include children who are without thinking, Lee said, who is also a pediatrician infectiologist.

Both Alberta And OntarioThose who are experiencing big outbreaks have reported to be hospitalized due to measles.

Asked how many infections in Manitoba have admitted to the hospital, Lee referred to the concerns of secrecy and pointed to the relatively low case count of the province.

“We are not yet lucky that we do not really need high level medical care,” he said.

However, he warned that Manitoba would experience more serious cases as the transition number increases. The province can change how it provides information, and what it involves, as it monitored the situation, Lee said.

‘I’m really scared’: Mother

When Samantha went out on Tuesday to buy Joyce Grocery items, she went out without her three -month -old child. He said that he is worried about exposing his daughter with diseases including measles.

“I don’t want him to become ill. I am really scared about it,” the first mother of the lockport said outside a supermarket on Vinnipag’s Regent Avenue.

Canada’s vaccination guide When they are between 12 and 15 months, children are advised to receive their first dose of measles -rich vaccine, until they are traveling to the area that is experiencing outbreaks, in the event in which they can be vaccinated at the beginning of six months.

In three months, the baby of the joys is not enough for vaccination.

“I’m a little worried,” he said.

“I really want to complete it as soon as possible, and it makes me a little careful about bringing it out and living around others.”

Joyce, who lives in the Interlake-Eastern Health Sector, has found the province List of exposure sites Helpful, but plans to avoid some social ceremonies and keep your daughter at home until she is eligible for vaccine.

By last week, the province expanded the vaccine eligibility for children between six to 12 months in the Interlake-Eastern and Southern Health areas, where most cases and exposures are located.

Chelsea Winston’s nine -month -old daughter cannot be immunized yet, as she lives in the Vinnipag health sector. However, he is planning to talk with his pediatrician next week about an early vaccination.

“This is just a matter of concern, because you never know how you are going to be exposed,” Winston said, which is also a nurse.

“This is just another fear of him, like, who will have it? Who does not have it? Are they showing symptoms?”

She soon expects to see a change in eligibility throughout the province.

“It’s scary, because … just in May, we have such an increase. So what is going to look like next month?” Winston said.

“I think we can be a bit more isolated or going for some different sports groups … for the lake, just to separate him, so she can still enjoy the summer.”

Province is not expanding eligibility – yet

Dr. Lee accepted this concern and the new parents can be felt during the outbreak of measles.

He said that infants under the age of about 12 months may have some immunity through their mothers if they were previously infected with measles or were completely vaccinated against it, she said.

Lee said that the parents who vaccinated six to 12 months of children against measles should still ensure that they are vaccinated with two regular vaccines in 12 to 15 months, and at the age of four and six, Li said. The first and second doses should be separated from at least four weeks.

He said that it is safe for a child of six to 12 months to get an early measles vaccine, but not regular, because until the child’s first birthday provides long -lasting immunity.

For now, the province is not expanding the vaccine eligibility for other health areas.

“We are really looking at the situation carefully,” Lee said. “Right now, we are not planning to expand it throughout the province, but it can be the later position below the road, so it really depends on where the cases are and what looks like spreading.”

There are also ideas around the supply of vaccine and uttake, “So, we are focusing on where the highest risk and highest needs are,” he said.

The province is expected to look at more new matters as the community continues to spread, and because the regeneration of the vaccine in some communities is not “as much as needed,” Lee wrote in a statement on Wednesday afternoon.