43 cases of measles in Alberta, outbreak east of Edmonton prompts public alert | Globalnews.ca

The number of confirmed cases of measles keeps growing in Alberta, particularly in the Alberta Health Services central zone where an outbreak has been identified in Two Hills, prompting a public health alert.Once declared eradicated in Canada in 1998, measles is now making a comeback, spreading rapidly in recent months due to declining vaccination rates.As of noon Tuesday, there were 43 measles cases across Alberta, and 21 of those are in the central zone — where seven new cases were identified over the past 24 hours.Of the 43 confirmed cases, all but four of them are in people under the age of 18, according to the province’s dashboard.The AHS zone breakdown is as follows: 21 cases in central, nine cases in the north, six cases in the south, four cases in the Edmonton area, and three cases in the Calgary area. Those numbers will update at noon Wednesday.Story continues below advertisementHealth Minister Adriana LaGrange says Alberta’s measles outbreak isn’t dire enough for the province...