Jan 20 (Reuters) – The South Carolina health department reported 646 measles cases related to the ongoing outbreak in the state on Tuesday, 88 additional cases since its last update on Friday.
South Carolina’s outbreak, which began in October, is centered in the northwest part of the state, which includes Greenville and Spartanburg.
At least 538 people are in quarantine after being exposed to the virus, and another 33 people who are symptomatic are in isolation to keep them from spreading the disease.
Of those infected, 563 were unvaccinated, 12 were partially vaccinated with one of the recommended two-dose measles-mumps-rubella vaccines, 13 were fully vaccinated and 58 had unknown vaccination status.
(Reporting by Mariam Sunny and Siddhi Mahatole in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri and Shailesh Kuber)
