Two people living at a migrant shelter in Brooklyn have tested positive for measles, bringing the city’s total number of cases this year to 11.
Health officials are racing to determine who else may have been infected at the Clinton Hill facility, a large shelter that opened last summer at 47 Hall St. More than 3,000 adult immigrantsCity Council Member Crystal Hudson said testing has been limited to the first floor, where the two infected residents lived.
Health officials are also evaluating vaccination records. Must be isolated Twenty-one days, Hudson said.
According to the New York City Department of Health, there has been a surge in measles cases this year, but only one in 2023. data The 11 active cases as of Friday are the most since 2019, when there were 605 cases.
Measles is a highly contagious airborne disease that spreads when an infected person coughs or sneezes. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) The virus can remain in a room for up to two hours after a person leaves the room. Because the majority of New Yorkers have been vaccinated, the risk to the community is not significant, Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan was reported as saying on Friday night.
Hudson blames City Hall.
“My office has been lobbying the administration for months to provide the vaccine to the residents at this facility and has been denied multiple times,” she said. “In fact, we requested a vaccination van at a local resource fair hosted by my office on June 1st and were denied.”
Symptoms typically include high fever, cough, runny nose, watery eyes and a rash and usually appear within 7 to 14 days after exposure to the virus.
The Clinton Hill community Get enraged About nearby large evacuation centers, including the migrant detention center on Hall Street Stabbed In June.
