Officials in South Carolina reported 27 more measles cases in the state as more than 250 people have been quarantined since October.
In a news release issued on Tuesday, the South Carolina Department of Public Health said that the 27 new cases involved exposures at schools, churches, and in homes. Officials also said that one of the cases was exposed in a health care setting.
“There are currently 254 people in quarantine and 16 in isolation,” the state health agency said in a statement. More than 111 people have confirmed to have the measles, a highly contagious virus that is targeted in childhood vaccines.
Forty-three of the people who are in quarantine are students at Inman Intermediate School, it said….