Ontario’s measles outbreak through the eyes of front-line workers – CTV
June 20, 2025
ST. THOMAS — Health-care workers battling measles in southern Ontario say they think about the outbreak from the moment they wake until the moment they sleep.
They say treating and tamping down the surge of a disease most have never seen in their lifetime is constant.
Some have even been infected by patients who unwittingly spread the highly infectious illness while seeking help for early but general symptoms — fevers and coughs are common before the telltale rash appears days later.
Measles has spread to more than 3,000 people in Canada this year. More than 2,000 of those infected are in Ontario.
Here’s a look at caregivers on the front lines of an outbreak that has particularly struck a region south and east of London.
“The unlucky ones”
Carly Simpson considers herself one of the “unlucky ones.”
