Measles cases rise to 566 citywide, but the disease slows down in Sunset Park
The number of confirmed measles cases in New York City has risen to 566, up 31 since May 28. The epidemic, mostly contained to the Orthodox Jewish community in Williamsburg, has continued to spread in Sunset Park with 13 cases, but at a slower pace, with only one person contracting the disease in the last week.
Assistant Speaker of the Assembly Felix Ortiz held a press conference on Friday afternoon with Sunset Park doctors to let residents know that help is available. The doctors reiterated the importance of vaccinations and outlined some of the dangers of the disease.
Dr. Stephanie Sterling, an infectious disease epidemiologist at NYU Langone Hospital, said that while it was alarming at first to see the disease spread to the Latino immigrant population, she was hopeful that the outbreak had begun to die down in Sunset Park.
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