South Carolina officials reported five additional cases of measles, and said that the quarantine of unvaccinated children is working to limit spread of the infectious disease.
The five new cases all appeared in people who were exposed at schools and have been quarantining at home, the South Carolina Department of Public Health said.
“The early quarantining as a result of their identified exposure is actually a successful public health outcome that shows how rapid containment efforts around known cases and quarantining those known to be exposed is highly effective in preventing community spread,” Dr. Linda Bell, South Carolina’s state epidemiologist, told reporters on a call on Oct. 15….