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SPARTANBURG, S.C. - The South Carolina Department of Public Health on Friday three new confirmed cases of measles in Spartanburg County since Tuesday.

That brings the total number of cases in South Carolina this year to 19 and the total number of cases in the current outbreak to 15.

All three cases were among close contacts to known cases who have been quarantining at home, and none were present in any school settings while contagious.

Because they were quarantining before they became infectious, no additional exposures have occurred with these new cases.

Dr. Linda Bell, state epidemiologist, said this week that she considers the handling of this outbreak a public health success.

That’s because the new patients were all

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