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Hochul Declares A Measles Emergency As Cases Rise In Rural New York
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
6
First seen
Oct 5, 10:03 PM EDT
updated Oct 6, 12:00 PM EDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by The New York Times (New York region), West Hawaii Today and 4 others, not yet confirmed.
Sources · Copies Of One Story Count Once
Hochul Declares a Measles Emergency as Cases Rise in Rural New York · The New York Times (New York region)Oct 5, 10:03 PM EDT
Hochul declares a measles emergency as cases rise in rural New York · West Hawaii Today · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 6, 6:05 AM EDT
Hochul Declares New York State Disaster Emergency as Measles Cases Surge & Vaccination Rates Decline · The Jewish VoiceOct 6, 7:05 AM EDT
Gov. Hochul declares a measles emergency as cases rise in rural New York · The Philadelphia Inquirer · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 6, 7:12 AM EDT
NY Gov. Hochul declares measles disaster emergency as cases rise in rural counties · WNYW (FOX 5 New York)Oct 6, 7:20 AM EDT
Hochul declares measles emergency as cases rise in rural New York · Honolulu Star-Advertiser · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 6, 12:00 PM EDT
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How We Decided
Oct 5, 10:28 PM EDTPublished: Decided by our rules.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.