COLUMBIA, SC – The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) says there have been 8 new cases of measles confirmed in Spartanburg County since Friday.

The new cases brings the total to 33 this year, and the current amount to 30 in the Upstate.

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

In response to the ongoing measles outbreak, the South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) has activated a mobile health unit to deploy to the following locations this coming week to offer measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine to unvaccinated individuals at no cost.

Locations:

• Thursday, Oct. 30: 2 p.m. – 6 p.m. at Inman Library, 50 Mill St., Inman, SC 29349

• Monday, Nov. 3: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. at Boiling Sp

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