Monday, April 22, 2019
Orange County reports three more measles cases
The number of reported measles cases in Orange County since November rose to 20 on Friday, up by three since last week but still far less severe than the recent outbreaks of the highly contagious illness in ultra-Orthodox communities in Rockland County and Brooklyn.
The virus has spread largely among unvaccinated children, since anyone who has gotten two doses of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is likely immune. Symptoms start with coughing and a fever that can rise as high as 105 degrees, followed by a red, blotchy rash that can last five or six days.
Kiryas Joel’s Ezras Choilim Health Center helped create a 50-page booklet about vaccines that recently was distributed to Hasidic households in Kiryas Joel, Rockland and Brooklyn, and that teaches the importance of immunization and debunks medical and religious objections that some parents have to getting their kids vaccinated.
Sullivan County had two reported measles cases as of Monday.
https://www.recordonline.com/news/20190419/orange-county-reports-three-more-measles-cases
The virus has spread largely among unvaccinated children, since anyone who has gotten two doses of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is likely immune. Symptoms start with coughing and a fever that can rise as high as 105 degrees, followed by a red, blotchy rash that can last five or six days.
Kiryas Joel’s Ezras Choilim Health Center helped create a 50-page booklet about vaccines that recently was distributed to Hasidic households in Kiryas Joel, Rockland and Brooklyn, and that teaches the importance of immunization and debunks medical and religious objections that some parents have to getting their kids vaccinated.
Sullivan County had two reported measles cases as of Monday.
https://www.recordonline.com/news/20190419/orange-county-reports-three-more-measles-cases
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