US EditionMeasles Cases in South Carolina Rise by 17 to 950, State Health Department Says
South Carolina's measles outbreak totals 950 cases with 95.1% unvaccinated; new infections spread beyond Upstate, prompting quarantines and vaccination efforts, officials report.
- On Feb. 13, the South Carolina Department of Public Health reported 17 new measles cases since Feb. 10, bringing the statewide total to 950 as cases spread beyond Spartanburg County.
- Of cases with known vaccination status, 883, or 95.1, percent, were unvaccinated, amid low immunization rates in Spartanburg County.
- Public notices specify times and monitoring windows and state that exposures at Children's Medical Center, 841 S. Buncombe Road, Greer, should be monitored through Feb. 27, while exposures at Itto Ramen Bar and HomeGoods should be monitored through Feb. 26.
- State officials reported current quarantine figures of 186 people and nine in isolation, about 20 hospitalized, and DPH will deploy a Mobile Health Unit on March 3 at Grace Community Church, Spartanburg.
- Given North Carolina's reported cases, officials say South Carolina is coordinating with the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, as Bell warned about low-level circulation of measles.
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