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A dose of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccination at Southwestern Public Health in St. Thomas, Ont. The highly contagious, airborne disease totalled more than 5,100 cases over the past year.

Measles, a virus considered to have been eliminated in Canada in 1998, has made a comeback in this country.

On Monday, the Pan American Health Organization, a regional arm of the World Health Organization, declared that Canada has lost its measles elimination status after failing to interrupt transmission within one year of an outbreak.

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