Folks who attended services at a Westchester County synagogue tied to New York’s second coronavirus case were ordered to self-quarantine on Tuesday because they may have been exposed to the deadly illness.
Those “who attended services on February 22, and a funeral and a bat mitzvah at the temple on February 23 must self-quarantine until at the very earliest March 8. Those who do not self-quarantine will be mandated to by the County Department of Health to do so,” Westchester County Executive George Latimer said in a press release about Temple Young Israel of New Rochelle.
The county will issue legal orders to enforce the quarantine if need be, spokeswoman Catherine Cioffi told The Post.
It’s not yet clear how many people the order applies to.
County Health Commissioner Dr. Sherlita Amler also ordered the synagogue to immediately halt services “for the foreseeable future.”
The temple is connected to the New York coronavirus case announced by officials on Tuesday.
The patient, a 50-year-old New Rochelle attorney who commutes to work in Manhattan, was in serious condition at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
His family is under quarantine at their home.
A synagogue staffer who answered the phone Tuesday said the temple was gearing up to close and wouldn’t comment further.




