Governor Kathy Hochul is declaring a state disaster emergency as the number of measles cases across New York continues to rise.<\/p>\n
ROCHESTER, N.Y. \u2014 New York has declared a statewide disaster emergency due to a surge in measles cases, with more than 100 reported in the state and nearly 1,000 in Pennsylvania where five people have died.<\/p>\n
Chief Investigative Reporter Berkeley Brean of News10NBC obtained a copy of the emergency order. The order allows paramedics and EMTs to give measles vaccines, but some ambulance crews do not have doses yet.<\/p>\n
WATCH: Breaking down Gov. Hochul\u2019s measles disaster emergency order<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI want to protect my child\u201d<\/p>\n A three-year-old boy at Geneva Medical Center received his flu and measles shots as News10NBC went inside the exam room. \u201cI wanted to protect my child and other children and be as safe as possible,\u201d Thomas DiCostanzo said.<\/p>\n Dr. Steven Schulz, a pediatrician with Rochester Regional Health in Geneva, said there are cases locally. \u201cSo I know there are cases locally,\u201d Schulz said. There are four cases in Ontario County and dozens in neighboring counties.<\/p>\n Option to get MMR early<\/p>\n \u201cSo I am letting them know it\u2019s in the community and because of that they do have the option to get early measles mumps rubella vaccines if they so choose,\u201d Schulz said. \u201cThere are some that are definitely interested and asking for it,\u201d Schulz said.<\/p>\n Brean met Jonathan Smith, chief of Pittsford Ambulance, whose medics are trained to give vaccines but do not have any doses. \u201cThat\u2019s not something we would carry on the ambulance on a normal basis,\u201d Smith said. When asked if they will get doses to administer, Smith said, \u201cUnknown.\u201d<\/p>\n In Monroe County, 99 percent of children are vaccinated against measles. \u201cSo even if could receive that vaccine and have the ability to administer it, it\u2019s not clear yet what effectiveness that would have,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n The state order said the problem starts in \u201cunder-immunized rural communities\u201d and will remain in effect until Nov. 4.<\/p>\n Read the full executive order: <\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFor Related Stories:\u00a0measles outbreak<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0disaster emergency<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Geneva Medical Center<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Governor Kathy Hochul is declaring a state disaster emergency as the number of measles cases across New York…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[135685,135686,85142,9,11,10,49,51,50],"class_list":["post-366486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-disaster-emergency","tag-geneva-medical-center","tag-measles-outbreak","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}