Canada has misplaced its measles elimination standing after struggling to include a year-long outbreak, the nation’s public well being company introduced on Monday.
The Public Well being Company of Canada mentioned it was knowledgeable of the loss by the Pan American Well being Group (PAHO) after greater than 12 months of steady measles transmission. Canada’s outbreak started in late October 2024 with greater than 5,100 measles circumstances recorded, the well being company mentioned.
A vial of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine is pictured at Worldwide Neighborhood Well being Providers, Sept. 10, 2025, in Seattle.
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Instances have been confirmed in most of Canada’s 10 provinces in addition to the northwest territories.
Canada is ready to re-establish its measles elimination standing if measles transmission associated to the present outbreak is “interrupted” for at the very least 12 months, in keeping with well being officers.
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