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Two Outaouais residents with measles after returning from abroad treated at Ottawa hospital
Ottawa Public Health says it is contacting Ottawa residents who were exposed to the measles after two cases were confirmed in residents of the Outaouais who returned to Canada from abroad.
Associate Medical Officer of Health Dr. Laura Bourns said in a news release on OPH's website(opens in a new tab) that it is reaching out directly to anyone who was exposed to the cases.
"Both cases are linked to international travel and went directly to hospital upon their return to Canada," Bourns said.
The Outaouais public health department, the centre intégré de santé et des services sociaux (CISSS) de l'Outaouais, confirmed in an email to CTV News Ottawa that the two patients were treated at a hospital in Ottawa after returning to Canada on Monday, Oct. 9. They were from the same family and had not been vaccinated against the measles
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