Narrative of Resolution:
To Adopt Public Health Order No. 1 - 2024
INTRODUCED BY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FOR THE SULLIVAN COUNTY LEGISLATURE TO ACT AS LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND TO ADOPT PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER NO. 1 -2024
TO SUMMER CAMP OPERATORS, SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW YORK, 2024
WHEREAS, The Metropolitan region of New York State, including Sullivan County, has seen a historic detection and resurgence of poliomyelitis; and
WHEREAS, Sullivan County has a positive detection of the polio virus via PCR testing as well as strain identifying sequencing with 13 samples identified in Sullivan County in 2022, 2 were collected in July, 5 were collected in August, 5 were collected in September and 1 was collected in October; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan region of New York State, including Sullivan County has seen a significant rise in Pertussis; and
WHEREAS, Sullivan County Department of Public Health has investigated the largest Pertussis outbreak in recent county history this past summer, fall and into winter of 2023; and
WHEREAS, New York State experienced the largest outbreak of measles since 1989 during the summer of 2019, and at least 19 confirmed cases were located in Sullivan County, 426 cases were within New York State and 1,282 cases were confirmed in the U.S.; and
WHEREAS, Measles cases and clusters are becoming prevalent in neighboring states as well as states with high traffic travel to New York; and
WHEREAS, outbreaks of vaccine preventable diseases frequently occur in areas where people are unvaccinated or under-vaccinated; and
WHEREAS, Sullivan County has historically low vaccination rates with only 64.4% of children having one MMR vaccine by the age of 2 years old; and
WHEREAS, Measles is a highly infectious disease that may cause seizures, pneumonia, blindness, and death; and
WHEREAS, Polio is a life altering, deadly infectious disease which is extremely contagious and can lead to long term disability; and
WHEREAS, Pertussis is highly con...
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