The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) is reporting no new cases of measles in the state since Friday.
The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) is reporting one new case of measles in the state since Tuesday. The total number of cases in South Carolina now related to the Upstate outbreak is 35, and the total number reported to DPH this year is 38
The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) added four new confirmed cases of measles in Spartanburg County last week. The four new cases were linked to close contacts of known cases. No public exposures have been identified from these cases.
DHEC continues to rely on isolation and quarantine measures for those who have been exposed and are unvaccinated to prevent the spread of measles in the community to contain this outbreak.
“Our additional response to the ongoing measles outbreak is to encourage protection with the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine for those who are not immune,” a DHEC spokesperson said.
DPH has activated a Mobile Health Unit to deploy to offer MMR vaccine to unvaccinated individuals at no cost.
Since being deployed beginning Oct. 16, the Mobile Health Unit has administered 28 doses of MMR (measles vaccine): 23 adults, 5 children. For current locations check the SCDHEC website.
If anyone is wondering whether they or their child already are vaccinated, people who receive immunizations from South Carolina providers can access their immunization record through the SIMON public portal. As of Jan. 1, 2017, all immunization providers are to report all administered doses of vaccines to the state immunization registry.
Doses administered prior to 2017 may not be recorded in the registry. If you have questions regarding your immunizations, please reach out to your primary health care provider or the provider that administered the vaccines.
The next scheduled update on case counts and disease-related activity will occur Tuesday, Nov. 4.
