Dozens more New Yorkers contract measles - including two pregnant women

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Dozens more New Yorkers have contracted measles, including two pregnant women, health officials announced on Wednesday. 

The 61 fresh diagnoses have driven city's caseload up to 390, largely confined to four ZIP codes in Brooklyn, pushing the national measles count to near-record levels.  

In a bid to stem the outbreak, New York City officials issued a state of emergency two weeks ago ordering everyone - children and adults - in the designated ZIP codes to get the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine.

Though more than 1,000 complied, many did not, and 12 people who refused to vaccinate have been issued court summonses, potentially facing a $1,000 fine or jail

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