Those who fail to obey the vaccination order face a fine of up to $1,000.
The New York City Health Commissioner's Officer announced an order Tuesday that said residents of certain Brooklyn neighborhoods where the measles outbreak is particularly rampant had to get vaccinated. The order came with one big problem, however: one of the zip codes given was incorrect.
But that order from Commissioner Oxiris Barbot's office changed Tuesday night. The change to the order removed the 11221 zip code and replaced it with another, very similar zip, 11211. The new zip code covers a large area of Williamsburg. Other people noticed another error in the order, where on page one it listed the 11249 zip code and on page two, listed 11237. One person posted screenshots of the discrepancy on Twitter asking for clarification about which areas were actually part of the order.
The health commissioner's office and the mayor's office did not immediately respond to Newsweek's request for information about the changes or confirm that they had been made as of Wednesday morning at 9:15 a.m. EDT.So far in 2019, there have been 465 cases of measles reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 19 states across the country.
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