Rockland county officials are struggling to contain a measles outbreak.
By Frances Stead Sellers Frances Stead Sellers Senior writer covering national politics Email Bio Follow April 6 at 1:44 PM Ten days after a New York county banned unvaccinated children from public places in an effort to stem the rise of measles cases, a state judge put the injunction on hold.
Officials in the county declared a state of emergency, as Lindsey Bever reported in The Washington Post last week, announcing that the ban would remain in place for 30 days or until unvaccinated minors receive the MMR vaccine to protect them against measles, mumps and rubella. Unvaccinated minors, official said, would not be permitted in enclosed places like churches, schools and shopping centers.
Day said cases in which parents and guardians violated the ban would be referred to the district attorney’s office. Violations would be considered misdemeanors, punishable by a $500 fine or up to six months in jail. Measles can cause pneumonia, brain damage, hearing loss and even death, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Between January 1 and late March, 387 cases of measles have been confirmed in 15 states across the country, from California to Kentucky to New Jersey — the second-greatest number of cases since measles was eliminated in the United States in 2000.
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