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.
The massive shelter, which opened last summer at 47 Hall St., reportedly houses more than 3,000 adult migrant residents, and health officials are racing to determine who else may have been infected at the Clinton Hill facility. Testing has been limited to the first floor, where the two infected residents lived.
Health officials are also evaluating vaccination records. Must be isolated 21 days, according to WABC.
New York City has seen a surge in measles cases this year, but the city is expected to see just one case in 2023, the health department said. 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 linger in a room for up to two hours after a person has left, but because the majority of New Yorkers have been vaccinated, the risk to the community is not great, Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan was reported as saying on Friday night.
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.
Clinton Hill residents have been outraged over large shelters in their neighborhood, including the one on Hall Street where a migrant was stabbed to death in June.
