More than 150 unvaccinated students in South Carolina are under mandatory 21-day quarantine due to a measles outbreak affecting two schools in Spartanburg County.

State health officials confirmed measles cases at both schools Global Academy of South Carolina and Fairforest Elementary School as part of an outbreak that has contributed to South Carolina's total of 11 confirmed measles cases this year.

Seven of those cases are associated with the Spartanburg County outbreak that began on Sept. 25.

The 153 quarantined students were identified as having been exposed to measles and lacking vaccination against the highly contagious disease.

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The South Carolina outbreak is part of a broader national tren

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