{"id":4740,"date":"2024-03-04T11:32:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T16:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/?p=4740"},"modified":"2024-03-04T13:26:27","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T18:26:27","slug":"1st-case-of-measles-reported-in-b-c-over-the-weekend-health-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/news\/1st-case-of-measles-reported-in-b-c-over-the-weekend-health-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"1st case of measles reported in B.C. over the weekend: Health Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One case of measles was reported in B.C. over the weekend, the provincial Ministry of Health confirmed in a statement Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>This weekend\u2019s confirmed case is the first the province has recorded since 2019. As of Feb.&nbsp;29, nine other cases of the disease have been confirmed across Canada.<\/p>\n<p>B.C.\u2019s Health Ministry announced the case in a statement warning locals to confirm their immunization records, especially before going on spring break trips.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith measles outbreaks being reported internationally and spring break on the horizon, the provincial health officer, BC Centre for Disease Control and public health officials are reminding people in British Columbia to check their vaccination records before travelling to ensure they are protected,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One case of measles was reported in B.C. over the weekend, the provincial Ministry of Health confirmed in a statement Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>This weekend\u2019s confirmed case is the first the province has recorded since 2019. As of Feb.&nbsp;29, nine other cases of the disease have been confirmed across Canada.<\/p>\n<p>B.C.\u2019s Health Ministry announced the case in a statement warning locals to confirm their immunization records, especially before going on spring break trips.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith measles outbreaks being reported internationally and spring break on the horizon, the provincial health officer, BC Centre for Disease Control and public health officials are reminding people in British Columbia to check their vaccination records before travelling to ensure they are protected,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/news\/1st-case-of-measles-reported-in-b-c-over-the-weekend-health-ministry\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1st case of measles reported in B.C. over the weekend: Health Ministry<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[83,96,388,304,15],"class_list":["post-4740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-british-columbia","tag-canada","tag-measles","tag-outbreaks","tag-vaccines","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4740"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4742,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4740\/revisions\/4742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}