SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. —

Eight new measles cases have been confirmed in South Carolina.

The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) said Wednesday that the total number of cases in South Carolina now related to the Upstate outbreak is 43, and the total number reported to DPH this year is 46.

Six of the eight cases are household members of known cases who were in quarantine. The other two cases are in the same household, but the source of their infection has yet to be determined.

There are currently 13 people in quarantine and one in isolation.

To increase access to MMR vaccines, DPH has activated a Mobile Health Unit to deploy to the following locations this week to offer MMR vaccine to unvaccinated individuals at no cost:

Wednesday, Nov. 12: 12-4 p.m. Lyman First Baptist

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