Tuesday June 24, 2025 | VICTORIA, BC
by Mary P Brooke, B.Sc. | Island Social Trends
The BC Centre for Disease Control (BC CDC) is advising the public of several locations where people may have been exposed to measles in the past week, between June 16 and 21.
Seventeen new cases of measles have been reported in Fraser Health, Interior Health and Northern Health regions since June 19. A total of 49 cases have been reported in BC in 2025, with 12 cases currently active.
Some exposures may have occurred in Victoria (in the Cook Street Village area), as well as Chilliwack, Kamloops, Surrey, and on BC Ferries sailings (Tsawwassen/Swartz Bay).
Contact tracing:
Public health is following up directly with known contacts of measles cases.
Exposure locations (June 16 to 21, 2025):
However, individuals known to have measles spent time in several public locations. People may have been exposed to measles at the following locations, dates and times:
Chilliwack, BC on June 16:
- Mark’s – 45737 Luckakuck Way, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
- Redwing Shoe Store – 8249 Eagle Landing Pkwy #716, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
- Walmart – 8249 Eagle Landing Pkwy, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Kamloops, BC on June 16:
- Denny’s Restaurant – 570 Columbia St., from 12 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
- Aberdeen Mall – 1320 Trans-Canada Hwy, from 1 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Earls Restaurant – 1210 Summit Dr., from 6:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
- Shoppers Drug Mart -1210 Summit Dr. from 9:30 p.m. to 11:35 p.m.
Chilliwack, BC on June 18:
- Ahmad Barber Shop, 7325 Vedder Rd #100, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Kamloops, BC on June 18:
- Castles and Cottages – 347 Victoria St., from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
BC Ferries and Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal on June 20
- Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal – 1 Ferry Causeway, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
- 12 p.m. Coastal Celebration ferry from Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay
- 2 p.m. Coastal Celebration ferry from Swartz Bay to Tsawwassen
- 6 p.m. Coastal Celebration ferry from Swartz Bay to Tsawwassen
- 8.pm. Coastal Celebration ferry from Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay
BC Ferries is reaching out to employees and reserved customers who were onboard the identified sailings.
Victoria, BC on June 20
- Hot and Cold Café – #1 – 313 Cook St., from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Surrey, BC on June 20 and 21
- Marriot Civic Autograph Hotel, 13475 Central Ave, Surrey, from 8:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. on June 20, and from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on June 21.
What to do if you were exposed:
People who are most at risk of getting measles are those born in 1970 or later who are completely unvaccinated against the disease, including children under one year of age.
Please contact your local public health team if you may have been exposed and any of the following apply to you:
- are immunocompromised
- are unvaccinated and pregnant
- have a child under one year of age who was exposed
- are born in 1970 or later and are unvaccinated
- are born in 1970 or later and are unsure of your immunization status
The public health team will review your immunity to measles and provide recommendations around potential post-exposure prophylaxis.
Individuals exposed to the measles virus should monitor for symptoms that may develop up to three weeks after being exposed. If you were exposed between June 16 and 21, you could develop symptoms up to July 12.
Public health contact information:
If you think you have measles, call ahead to your doctor’s office or hospital so that plans can be made to prevent other people from potential exposure.
For more details about measles visit the BC Centre for Disease Control Measles information page.
Immunization:
Anyone born in 1970 or later who has not had two doses of the measles vaccine should get a booster dose of measles vaccine (ideally within three days of being exposed).
===== RELATED:
- Measles case in Kamloops confirmed by Interior Health (June 24, 2025)
- Measles confirmed in traveler to Sparwood BC (June 17, 2025)
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