The county executive will explain his rationale at a press conference Thursday.
There are now 282 confirmed reported cases of measles in the county.
The number of confirmed cases in the 10 months since the outbreak started is creeping toward 300.
Officials hope to see vaccinations go up since NY eliminated all non-medical exemptions.
Two new vaccine clinics are scheduled.
There are 12 opportunities to get a free measles vaccination coming up in Rockland County in June.
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The number of confirmed measles cases jumped by 10 between Monday and Wednesday.
Officials had said they were worried that the outbreak would spread even further after the holidays.
The village is in the center of Rockland County's seven-month measles outbreak, where cases have risen again.
More than 80 percent of those confirmed to have measles have never been vaccinated.
A second state of emergency in the county went into effect at midnight Friday.
Health officials say the first step in stopping the outbreak is getting as many people as possible vaccinated.
County officials announced 5 newly confirmed cases after the weekend,
The state appeals court denied the county's appeal but officials say it's moot at this point.
Rockland County officials are targeting parents and school administrators with specific orders.
Almost 30 more since the ill-fated State of Emergency was declared; plus a Rockland child took the disease to Westchester.
The number of confirmed measles cases in Rockland County jumped by five between Tuesday and Wednesday.
County officials said they will pursue new strategies while fighting a judge's ruling against their measles State of Emergency.
The free clinic will be held Friday, and there are several other ways to get free vaccines by appointment.
The outbreak is now up to 157 confirmed cases, and contagious people were out and about shopping March 20 and 24 using Uber and taxis.
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Rockland now has 151 confirmed cases, including people who were out shopping and using public transportation March 10-13 while contagious.
According to the 2019 rankings, the five healthiest counties are Rockland, followed by Nassau, Westchester, Saratoga and New York County,
The number of measles cases in Brooklyn has surpassed the number of cases in Rockland County.
The newest case means the countdown to the outbreak's end starts again.
A new case of the deadly virus means it'll be at least 3 weeks before unvaccinated kids can go back to schools in the outbreak area.
Rockland's outbreak involves 144 cases; New York City now has confirmed 133 cases.
The outbreak has entered its sixth month.
Brooklyn's measles outbreak has almost caught up.
Officials keep having to set the timer back to zero in the county's 21-day countdown for lifting emergency restrictions on schools.
County and NY health officials invoked health emergency rules months ago as the country's longest running measles outbreak began to climb.
Officials are monitoring three suspected cases of the highly contagious disease as the county deals with the biggest outbreak in the USA.
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Four out of five cases of the highly contagious disease have been in children and teenagers, county officials said.
The measles outbreak is not limited to one community though it is mostly affecting residents of Spring Valley, New Square and Monsey.