More Measles Cases Announced in BC as Nationwide Infections Continue

This undated image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Feb. 4, 2015, shows an electron microscope image of a measles virus particle, center. The Canadian Press/AP-Cynthia Goldsmith/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via AP

Twelve cases of measles in B.C., including three new cases in Chilliwack, have been confirmed. Across Canada, there are now 1,983 confirmed cases of the potentially dangerous infectious airborne disease in the country’s latest outbreak, according to an e-mail from Health Canada to The Epoch Times.

“There is indeed a multijurisdictional measles outbreak ongoing in Canada,” Health Canada said, adding that “of the 3,381 measles cases (3,081 confirmed, 300 probable) reported in 2025, most cases (2,273 cases; 1,983 confirmed, 290 probable) are linked to this outbreak.”