As measles continue to soar across the U.S., more than 150 unvaccinated students are forced to quarantine amid cases reaching a 33-year high.

At least 153 children from two South Carolina schools are quarantining for 21 days after being exposed to measles, state health officials announced.

BBC reported students who were exposed did not have immunizations and were forced to miss school during the period of potential disease transmission.

The move comes just days after the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention revealed an all-time high of measles cases in the United States in 33 years.

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The CDC revealed more than 1,500 measles cases have been confirmed since the beginning of the year a

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