NYC Orders Mandatory Vaccines Amid Measles Outbreak

NYC Orders Mandatory Vaccines Amid Measles Outbreak
A woman passes a group of boys in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York on April 9, 2019. AP Photo/Mark Lennihan
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NEW YORK—New York City declared a public health emergency on April 9 over a measles outbreak centered in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community and ordered mandatory vaccinations in the neighborhood.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the unusual order amid what he said was a measles crisis in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg section, where more than 250 people have gotten measles since September. Officials blamed the outbreak on “anti-vaxxers” spreading false information.