health
December 10, 2025
Over 250 people quarantined in South Carolina as measles outbreak rages
16 cases are linked to a church, which followed exposures at four schools last week.
TL;DR
- South Carolina has reported 111 measles cases, with 27 new cases since Friday.
- The outbreak is linked to exposures at the Way of Truth Church and Inman Intermediate School.
- 254 unvaccinated and exposed individuals are currently in quarantine.
- Measles is highly infectious, with up to 90% of vulnerable individuals contracting it upon exposure.
- Low vaccination rates (90% in Spartanburg, 92.4% in Greenville) and high religious exemptions (8.2% in Spartanburg, 5.3% in Greenville) contribute to the spread.
- Of the 111 cases, 105 were unvaccinated.
- National measles cases are at a 33-year high with nearly 2,000 cases and 46 outbreaks this year.
- The US could lose its measles elimination status, achieved in 2000, if the virus circulates for 12 consecutive months.
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