City health officials warned of a potential measles exposure in Manhattan this weekend after two New Yorkers tested positive for the virus, but said the risk to the public remained extremely low.

The cases were identified in the Lower East Side and SoHo, prompting the health department to reach out to businesses in the area where the patients had visited to encourage others to get tested. The new cases come as the U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has advocated for policies that reduce access to vaccines , including the one for measles.

Still, city health department spokesperson Chantal Gomez said the vaccination rate for measles is so high in New York City that the five boroughs have herd immunity to the disease.

Gomez said the two new cases serve as remi

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