Overview
- The executive order, issued Oct. 5 and effective through Nov. 4, declares a state disaster emergency to boost testing, vaccination and outbreak response capacity.
- New York has 108 confirmed cases through Oct. 3, with 92 of those reported since July 15 concentrated in 18 under‑immunized rural counties.
- The order authorizes paramedics, advanced EMS, pharmacists, midwives and others to administer MMR, allows nurses to order measles testing, and waives adults’ consent for registry reporting while requiring all MMR doses to be entered within 72 hours.
- Local health departments have administered more than 1,000 MMR doses in rural areas since mid‑July as officials run pop‑up clinics and ramp up contact tracing to stop spread.
- Pennsylvania remains the national hotspot with over 1,000 cases and state‑reported measles‑associated deaths that federal agencies dispute, while the CDC records roughly 3,887–3,900 cases nationwide this year, raising concern about further community spread and loss of elimination status.