Measles outbreak: New York City orders mandatory vaccines for parts of Brooklyn

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Measles outbreak: New York City orders mandatory vaccines for parts of Brooklyn

Tuesday, April 9th, 2019 5:49PM

WILLIAMSBURG, Brooklyn (WABC) -- New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declared a public health emergency Tuesday in the ongoing measles outbreak affecting the Orthodox Jewish community and ordered mandatory vaccinations in several neighborhoods.

The order applies to anyone living, working or going to school in four zip codes in Williamsburg and requires all non-vaccinated people who may have been exposed receive the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, including all children over 6 months old.

Those zip codes are 11205, 11206, 11221 and 11249.

Under the mandatory vaccinations, members of the city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene will check the vaccination records of any person who may have been in contact with infected patients. The city can't legally physically force someone to get a vaccination, but those who have not received the MMR vaccine or do not have evidence of immunity may be given a violation and could be fined $1,000.
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