One New York City student with measles sickens 21 people amid outbreak.
The Yeshiva Kehilath Yakov School, where a measles outbreak infected more than 20 people, in Brooklyn, New York on March 7, 2019. The outbreak occurred after an unvaccinated child, who was not showing symptoms, went to school.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.A student who contracted measles has infected 21 other people with ties to a Jewish school in New York City, according to health officials.
In December, the health department issued a mandatory directive that schools in selected zip codes in Borough Park and Williamsburg exclude students who had not gotten measles-mumps-rubella vaccines.But the Yeshiva Kehilath Yakov in Williamsburg"went out of compliance" and allowed an unvaccinated student with measles to attend school, according to the health department.
“The increase in measles cases in Orthodox Jewish communities of Brooklyn demonstrates the importance of getting children vaccinated on time to prevent measles and not put other children at risk,” said Acting Health Commissioner Dr. Oxiris Barbot in a statement.
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