Health officials are warning people in Edmonton to be on the lookout for symptoms of measles after someone contracted the virus from an overseas trip.

Medical health officer Dr. Marcia Johnson says people may have been exposed to measles. (CBC) "There are a number of people that may have been potentially exposed," said Dr. Marcia Johnson, medical health officer for Edmonton.

"And we want to let the people who may have been exposed [to] know what exposures may have occured and ask them if they were exposed to phone Health Link and to get some information."

Measles is extremely contagious and spread by coughing and sneezing. Symptoms include fever, cough, runny nose or red eyes, as well as a red blotchy rash that usually starts behind the ears and face several days after fever starts.

Alberta Health Services says people who were at the following places at these times may have been exposed:

Manulife Place (office tower only) Nov. 1, 2, 3 — 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Nov. 4 — 9 a.m. to noon

Sutton Place Hotel, main ballroom Nov. 3 — 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

University of Alberta Hospital emergency room Nov. 8 — 7:30 p.m. to midnight Nov. 9 — Midnight to 4:30 a.m.



Johnson said people who were in those areas should be tested if they have never had measles or are not already vaccinated.