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Measles: advocates of a vaccine against perception
Carucha L. Meuse, [email protected]

Another measles exposure site has been reported in Rockland County, where an eight-month outbreak has resulted in 259 confirmed cases.

Anyone who has visited Pharmacy Plus, 728 Main Street North, Spring Valley, on Tuesday, May 28 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm, may have been exposed to measles, with a risk of exposure until 4:00 pm.

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People enter the Refuah Health Center in Spring Valley on October 18, 2018. During the largest measles outbreak in Rockland County in the last 20 years, residents are asked to check their immunization status get vaccinated against measles. (Photo: Seth Harrison / The News Journal)

The length of time corresponds to the period during which the infected individuals were in this zone and two hours after their departure, because the highly contagious virus remains in the air and on surfaces for a maximum of two hours.

People present at this location during these times, especially those in the following high-risk groups, should contact their health care provider immediately (call for treatment):

  • Pregnant
  • A child under 6 months
  • Immunodepressed or immunocompromised (when your body can not fight diseases)
  • Not vaccinated against measles
  • Born before 1957 and immunocompromised

The pharmacy is now part of a long list of companies in the region hardest hit by the virus.

Friday's announcement comes a few days after Rockland officials ordered mandatory vaccinations against measles for all campers and summer staff, to combat an epidemic that began last October when a handful of Israeli tourists visited the county.

Required vaccinations include day camps, summer day camps and children's night camps. Religious exemptions from vaccines will not be accepted.

The Rockland epidemic primarily affected the Orthodox Jewish community of Spring Valley and Monsey, where the county imposed an exclusion order forcing anyone infected or exposed to measles to stay at home or incur a risk of death. fine.

The exclusion order also covers 24 schools or daycares located in the same area, where students must present proof of vaccination or a valid medical or religious exemption.

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The Rockland County Offensive Against Measles has included an aggressive vaccination campaign. Since the beginning of the epidemic, the Department of Health and partners such as the Refuah Health Center, as well as private pediatricians and family physicians, have administered more than 22,000 doses of MMR (measles) vaccine. mumps, rubella).

Vaccination clinics

Free MMR vaccines are available from the Rockland County Department of Health, Building A, located at 50 Sanatorium Road in Pomona, on the following dates:

  • Monday June 10th from 4pm to 6pm (Exhibition Hall)
  • Monday, June 17 and June 24 from 2 to 4 pm (second floor clinic)
  • Tuesday, June 11, June 18 and June 25 from 14h. at 4 pm (second floor clinic)
  • Wednesday 19th and 26th of June from 9am to 11.30am (second floor clinic)
  • Thursday, June 13 and 20 and June 27 from 9:00 to 11:30 (second floor clinic)
  • Friday 21st and 28th of June from 9h to 11h30 (second floor clinic)

No appointments are required.

Measles information

More about measles:

Measles: Rockland County Officials Order Compulsory Vaccinations for Summer Campers and Staff

Measles: advocates of the vaccine against the perception that the Jewish community caused the epidemic

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