Health minister ‘deeply concerned’ about measles outbreaks across Canada amid struggling vaccination efforts – CTV
March 5, 2024
Federal Health Minister Mark Holland says he is “deeply concerned” about the emergence of measles outbreaks in Canada, a risk that experts say has grown as infections grow internationally and the country continues to struggle to meet vaccination targets.
“Frankly, we’re seeing a lot of illness that was almost rendered non-existent starting to come back because of vaccine hesitancy,” he said in a press conference Monday.
“We have to de-politicize health information. We have to be a society that follows science and evaluation.”
Described as among the most infectious diseases known to humankind, measles can spread through contact and droplets in the air, and may cause a variety of symptoms ranging from fever, cough and a rash to, in rare and extreme cases, complications with pregnancy and life-threatening inflammation of the brain.
