Source: https://patch.com/new-york/chelsea-n...re-sunset-park
Manhattan Resident Gets Measles From Exposure In Sunset Park
The city said 550 individuals had been diagnosed with measles as of May 28 since the outbreak first began last October.
By Sydney Pereira, Patch Staff | May 29, 2019 4:25 pm ET | Updated May 29, 2019 4:29 pm ET
...A DOH spokesman said the Manhattanite resides in the area of the Chelsea and Clinton neighborhoods and became ill early last week. The department said the resident was diagnosed after exposure to the disease in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, where there are 12 confirmed cases after the outbreak spread to that neighborhood earlier this month.
Seven people in Staten Island were also diagnosed with measles, the DOH said. Six of those were linked to exposure in Rockland County back in March while the seventh was linked to Sunset Park measles activity, the department said...
...About 77 percent of measles cases are in the Williamsburg ZIP codes of 11205, 11206, 11211 and 11249, where people who live or work are required to have the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine under an emergency order from April...
Manhattan Resident Gets Measles From Exposure In Sunset Park
The city said 550 individuals had been diagnosed with measles as of May 28 since the outbreak first began last October.
By Sydney Pereira, Patch Staff | May 29, 2019 4:25 pm ET | Updated May 29, 2019 4:29 pm ET
...A DOH spokesman said the Manhattanite resides in the area of the Chelsea and Clinton neighborhoods and became ill early last week. The department said the resident was diagnosed after exposure to the disease in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, where there are 12 confirmed cases after the outbreak spread to that neighborhood earlier this month.
Seven people in Staten Island were also diagnosed with measles, the DOH said. Six of those were linked to exposure in Rockland County back in March while the seventh was linked to Sunset Park measles activity, the department said...
...About 77 percent of measles cases are in the Williamsburg ZIP codes of 11205, 11206, 11211 and 11249, where people who live or work are required to have the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine under an emergency order from April...
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