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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

South Carolina officials report ‘accelerating’ measles outbreak

A vial of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine
A vial of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at the Lubbock health department in Texas on 26 February. Photograph: Mary Conlon/AP

South Carolina health officials have reported an “accelerating” measles outbreak in the state in the wake of Thanksgiving travel and a lack of vaccinations, with hundreds of people in quarantine.

The outbreak, which appears centered on a single church and several schools in Spartanburg county in the state’s north-west, according to an epidemiologist for the state’s department of public health, totaled 111 cases.

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