Meanwhile... the US is in a rampant measles outbreak.
TUESDAY MEASLES UPDATE: DPH Reports Nine New Measles Cases in Upstate, Bringing Outbreak total to 153
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Dec. 23, 2025
COLUMBIA, S.C. ― The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) is reporting 9 new cases of measles in the state since Friday, bringing the total number of cases in South Carolina related to the Upstate outbreak to 153 and the total number reported to DPH this year to 156.
Five of the new cases were known household exposures, two resulted from a previously reported school exposure, the source of one is unknown and one is still being investigated.
There are currently 249 people in quarantine and seven in isolation.
DPH encourages those potentially exposed to notify a health care provider of the exposure before seeking care to allow arrangements to be made in clinical settings to p...
https://dph.sc.gov/news/tuesday-measles-update-dph-reports-nine-new-measles-cases-upstate-bringing-outbreak-total-153
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