New York city officials tackling a measles outbreak, particularly affecting the Orthodox Jewish community in the borough of Williamsburg will make it mandatory for unvaccinated people in certain zip codes to get the MMR vaccine.
If they don't, they could be fined US $1000.
Gary Schlesinger is the chief executive of Parcare, which has health and medical centres in the two Brooklyn suburbs at the centre of the outbreak - Williamsburg and Borough Park.
He talks to Kathryn about whether the vaccination imperative is enough.
A man walks past school buses in a South Williamsburg neighborhood. A public health emergency has been declared in the area. Photo: Getty Images/AFP
