Manitoba health officials are reporting two more measles cases.

The numbers as of Nov. 8 have risen to 249 confirmed cases of the highly contagious disease as of Friday's weekly update, with 16 probable cases.

The province also announced a new measles exposure site in Portage la Prairie in an update Thursday.

Anyone who was at the Portage District General Hospital's emergency department on Tuesday, Nov. 11 from 12 a.m. to 4:30 a.m. is being asked to monitor for symptoms until Dec. 3.

Earlier this week, the Public Health Agency of Canada announced the country had lost its measles elimination status , with more than 5,000 cases reported across the country since last fall.

Hospitalization numbers in Manitoba have held steady at 16, including 13 children under the age of 10. There have

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