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Tests show Sioux Lookout illness not measles, Northwestern Health Unit says

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Test results have confirmed that a sick infant in Sioux Lookout does not have the measles virus, the Northwestern Health Unit said Friday.Test results have confirmed that a sick infant in Sioux Lookout does not have the measles virus, the Northwestern Health Unit said Friday.

The NWHU had also planned a measles vaccination clinic for Saturday for those who had possibly been exposed to the virus. Earlier Friday, Sandra Krikke, the NWHU's manager of infectious diseases, said the Saturday clinic would be cancelled if the Sioux Lookout case came back negative. Krikke said the virus is "very contagious," and is airbone; the virus can remain for up to two hours after an infected person leaves the area.

 

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