Three new measles cases reported as connected to Upstate
Measles cases surpass 1,000 this year.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– Three new cases of measles in the Upstate has been confirmed by the department of health, according to officials.
The new cases bring the total of cases in South Carolina related to the Upstate outbreak to 52, and it brings the total reported to DPH this year to 55.
Based on contact tracing from the most recent new cases, DPH is reporting there are now 137 people in quarantine and one in isolation.
Fifty-seven of those are individuals from Lyman Elementary, 55 are from Boiling Springs Middle School, and one attends D.R. Hill Middle School.
Students from those schools who quarantine successfully without developing symptoms are scheduled to be able to return to classes Nov. 29., says SCDPH.
South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) is also alerting the public to a confirmed case of measles in an employee at the Greenville Spartanburg International Airport (GSP) that may have resulted in exposures to visitors on the days of Nov. 10 and Nov. 11, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day.
Additionally, DPH is alerting the public that an individual was confirmed to have attended the Way of Truth Church in Inman, S.C., while infectious.
Individuals who attended on the evening of Friday, Nov. 7 from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. and the morning of Sunday, Nov. 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. may have been exposed.
Anyone who was at the airport or church during the hours and dates listed are to be aware of measles symptoms and contact your health care provider if you become ill and let them know you may have been exposed.
Symptoms typically begin 7 to 12 days (but up to 21 days) after exposure, and start with a cough, runny nose, and red eyes, along with a mild to moderate fever.
A person with measles is contagious from four days before the rash appears through four days after its onset, so someone may be able to spread measles before they know they have the disease, says health officials.
