There have been 285 cases of measles in Brooklyn and Queens since October, most of them involving members of the Orthodox Jewish community.
or face violations and possible closure.
"Any school out of compliance will immediately be issued a violation," the health department said in a release Monday., where a large outbreak of the disease is occurring, the health department says on its website."Since then, there have been additional people from Brooklyn and Queens who were unvaccinated and acquired measles while in Israel."
Measles causes fever, cough, runny nose, red eyes and rashes and with complications, can cause swelling of the brain and death. A month later, a yeshiva in Williamsburg fell out of compliance and allowed unvaccinated children back into school or child care. This single yeshiva is connected to more than 40 cases, the release on Monday said.
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