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International travel is now linked to all but one of the 13 cases of measles that have been confirmed in Vancouver.

Vancouver Coastal Health spokeswoman Tiffany Akins said on Sunday that the two most recent cases had been acquired while travelling abroad.

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“One person lives in the (Vancouver) region and the other was travelling through Richmond and Vancouver International Airport en route to Edmonton, then the Northwest Territories,” she said.

The measles outbreak began in early February when an 11-year-old unvaccinated Vancouver boy returned home from a vacation to Vietnam with the disease. He then passed that strain acquired internationally on to several classmates and two of his siblings.

There is only one case that is considered to have been contracted locally, and not related to the 11-year-old boy.

Map: To see a map of all confirmed measles exposure sites in Metro Vancouver, click here.