Ottawa – The number of confirmed measles cases in Canada so far this year is more than three times higher than all infections recorded in 2023. Canada`s chief public health officer Dr Theresa Tam said the Public Health Agency of Canada is aware of 40 confirmed cases across the country in 2024 and has strongly advised to get kids measles vaccines. Children get their first doses of measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine at 12 to 15 months of age and then a second dose before they start school. Quebec has had 28 confirmed cases this year — the most in the country, Tam said. Ontario has had 10 cases; B.C. and Saskatchewan have had one case each.
