COLUMBIA, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) said there are eight new confirmed cases of measles in Spartanburg County since Friday.

As of Tuesday, officials said these new cases bring the total number of cases in South Carolina this year to 33 and the total number of cases in the current Upstate outbreak to 30.

All eight new cases were linked to close contacts of known cases who had been quarantining at home.

DPH is activated a Mobile Health Unit to offer a free measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine to unvaccinated persons in Spartanburg County at the following times and locations:

Oct. 30: 2 to 6 p.m. at the Inman Library on Mill Street

Nov. 3: 1-4 p.m. at the Boiling Springs Library on Double Bridge Road

Nov. 5: 1-4 p.m. at the Boiling Springs

See Full Page