Parents, educators on alert as Ontario measles outbreak rises to 572 cases – CTV
March 27, 2025
TORONTO — A mother of an infant, a principle of a religious school, and a public health physician — they all share the desire to get kids vaccinated as the province records another 102 new cases over the past week.
Public Health Ontario says there have been 572 cases since the outbreak began in October, 453 of them confirmed and 119 probable. Of the 42 people requiring hospitalization, two have required intensive care, and 36 have been children — most of them unvaccinated.
The highly infectious disease is still predominantly impacting unvaccinated infants, kids and teenagers, most in Southwestern and Grand Erie public health units.
Rosemary Tamburini’s nine-month-old baby is just a few months shy of his first measles shot.
But she doesn’t want to wait to vaccinate her child any longer, and is considering early immunization.
“I don’t think I’m alone in that. I’ve had discussions with several moms in Ontario who are in a similar situation looking to potentially get vaccinated early,” Tamburini, who lives in Etobicoke, said.
