Yeshivas and child care centers that refuse to comply with the city's order may receive violations, fines or may even be closed, the city's health department said Monday.
New York city is threatening to close some Jewish schools in Brooklyn that allow unvaccinated students as a measles outbreak in the area worsens.
For more on investing in health-care innovation, click here to join CNBC at our Healthy Returns Summit in New York City on May 21. "This outbreak is being fueled by a small group of anti-vaxxers in these neighborhoods. They have been spreading dangerous misinformation based on fake science," New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Oxiris Barbot said in a statement.
Orthodox Jews are less likely to be vaccinated, leaving the tight-knit communities vulnerable to the highly contagious disease. New York drove the recent spike in measles cases around the country, pressuring health officials to find a way to contain outbreaks ahead of Passover, a Jewish holiday that starts next Friday.
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