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New York declares measles disaster emergency
108cases
Measles cases recorded in New York this year as of October 3
New York declared a disaster emergency over a measles outbreak. Governor Kathy Hochul temporarily expanded health professionals’ authority to administer MMR vaccines, while the state reported 108 measles cases this year as of October 3.
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New York State declared a disaster emergency over a measles outbreak.
“New York state has declared a disaster emergency over an outbreak of measles”
Kathy Hochul temporarily expanded health professionals’ ability to administer measles-mumps-rubella vaccines.
“she was temporarily expanding the ability of health professionals to administer measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccines”
- 108cases
Measles cases recorded in New York this year as of October 3
“New York has recorded 108 cases of measles this year, as of October 3”