Measles exposure reported at Queen's University, fitness centre and grocery store

Potential exposure to measles, a highly contagious airborne virus, affecting university students, gym members, and grocery shoppers in Kingston.

A single confirmed measles case in Kingston, Ontario has prompted Southeast Public Health to issue exposure alerts across three community spaces — a university building, a fitness centre, and a grocery store — visited by the infected individual over five days in early February. Measles, one of the most contagious airborne viruses known, does not confine itself to the person who carries it; it lingers in the air and on surfaces long after they have gone, asking a quiet but urgent question of everyone who passed through those same doors. The alert is a reminder that individual immunity is never

Measles exposure reported at Queen's University, fitness centre and grocery store

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