Health officials warn of measles exposure at Vancouver airport

A recent case of measles detected in the Maritimes has a B.C. connection, provincial health officials say.

A recent case of measles detected in the Maritimes has a B.C. connection, provincial health officials say.

The B.C. Centre for Disease Control issued a warning Tuesday for people who were travelling through Vancouver International Airport on Oct. 16.

A passenger with measles arrived at YVR on a flight from the Philippines that evening, then departed on a flight to Toronto later that night, the BCCDC said.

The flight in question was Philippine Airlines flight 16, which departed Manila at 8:20 p.m., local time, on Oct. 16. That flight arrived at YVR's main terminal around 5:30 p.m. and the infected passenger departed from gate B17 on WestJet flight 724 to Toronto at 10:35 p.m.

"People who were on the same flights or who were at YVR during this time may have been exposed," the BCCDC said, though it added that the infected passenger "did not visit any restaurants or stores" at the Vancouver airport.

The passenger landed in Toronto at 6:09 a.m. on Oct. 17, and departed for Fredericton around 2 p.m. that day.

Last week, health officials in New Brunswick issued a warning to residents in that province about possible measles exposures.