be exposed to the virus while travelling overseas or through contact with people who have travelled.

Measles is a rare disease in Canada because of the availability of immunizations to prevent it. The last confirmed case of measles on Vancouver Island was in January 2010, according to Island Health.

Coverage for the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine in two year olds on Vancouver Island was 85 per cent in 2013. The central Island’s immunization rate is traditionally one to two percentage points below both the south and north Island, Hasselback said.

Island Health would not reveal whether the infected person had been immunized.

Measles is highly contagious. When an infected person breathes, coughs or sneezes, droplets can survive in the air for hours. An infected person is generally contagious five days beforealready received a $1.5 million grant.

Directors put off action on an appeal petition by Leif Havton of UCLA as they were pressed for time at midafternoon. Members of the board needed to catch flights and lost a quorum. The board concurred earlier with reviewers' negative decisions on other two appeals by Frederick Meyers and Kit Lam of UC Davis and WenYong Chen of the City of Hope.

Another application, 1778, related to Parkinson's Disease was sent back to CIRM President Alan Trounson for additional review. The board has funded little research connected to Parkinson's because of the dearth of researchers in that area in California. Director Joan Samuelson, a patient advocate for Parkinson's Disease, pushed for funding of the grant.

Separately, the board awarded a $4.9 million grant to Peter