Grey-Bruce Public Health is taking steps when a case of measles is reporting in school.
Public health’s main objective is to protect the health of students, staff and the community while supporting continuation of in person, classroom learning.
Dr. Ian Arra, Grey Bruce Medical Officer of Health says due to the relatively high vaccine rates for measles and their follow up actions in schools there is no need for public health to order or advise the closure of a school in the case of a measles exposure within a school.
Public health says vaccination remains the best defence against measles.
One dose of a measles vaccine is around 93 per cent effective in preventing measles with two doses being almost 100 per cent effective.
