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A New York state judge lifted the state of emergency imposed by Rockland County that would have prohibited unvaccinated minors against measles from traveling to public places.
The one-month ban on bringing unvaccinated children to places such as schools, shopping centers, businesses and synagogues came into effect at the end of last month, following a serious measles epidemic.
Since October, 167 cases of measles have been confirmed in the county, in the Orthodox Jewish community Haredi.
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But Judge Rolf Thorsen suspended the injunction on Friday, saying the number of measles cases in the county did not meet the legal requirements for an emergency order, WCBS-TV reported.
The judge's order was made following a complaint by a group of parents at Green Meadow Waldorf, an independent private school, where many parents refused to vaccinate their children. The parents said the ban prevented "children from attending crèches and schools and banned their movement and banned them from gathering and gathering in public places," according to the Washington Post.
On Thursday, a group of Rabbis of Rockland Hbadidic issued a statement in Hebrew urging parents to vaccinate their children to stop the spread of measles, according to the WCBS.
The ban would have been applied retroactively, with parents being penalized when it was proven that they had allowed their unvaccinated children to go to public places.
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