New York City says measles outbreak is over

Tuesday, September 3, 2019
New York say its measles outbreak is over.

City officials made the declaration after 2 incubation periods passed without any new infections.
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There were 654 cases - the most in 30 years - in the outbreak, which was centered in Orthodox Jewish communities in Brooklyn and Rockland County.

The outbreak triggered emergency orders requiring everyone in certain neighborhoods to have an MMR vaccine.
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New York state revoked religious vaccine exemptions in June.

Before that, 26,000 children in schools and day care centers had not received their vaccines
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