Manitoba still faces challenge in curbing measles a year into outbreak: community health prof – CBC

Spread of highly contagious disease not showing signs of slowing in province

Feb 05, 2026

It’s been one year since the first measles cases in the latest outbreak were reported in Manitoba — and there’s no sign the spread of the highly contagious disease is slowing.

“It’s been very busy,” said Dr. Davinder Singh, a medical officer of health with Southern Health, the regional health area that has seen the majority of the province’s cases.

Since February of last year, there have been 371 confirmed and 32 probable measles cases reported in Manitoba, as of Jan. 24, the latest numbers available.

Manitoba had no reported measles cases in 2024, according to federal data.

The province announced the first five cases in the current outbreak on Feb. 4, 2025. Case numbers swelled in the following months, peaking in May with 72 infections, then dropped during the fall to 23 cases in October.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/measles-confirmed-cases-1-year-outbreak-9.7074702