FRIDAY MEASLES UPDATE: DPH Increases Measles Case Count by Four to 37 Total in 2025, 34 Related to Upstate Outbreak

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Oct. 31, 2025

COLUMBIA, S.C. ― The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) is adding four new confirmed cases of measles in Spartanburg County since Tuesday, bringing the total number of cases in South Carolina this year to 37 and the total number of cases in the current Upstate outbreak to 34.

The four new cases were linked to close contacts of known cases. No public exposures have been identified from these cases.  

We continue to rely on isolation and quarantine measures for those who have been exposed and are unvaccinated to prevent the spread of measles in the community to contain this outbreak.

Our additional response to the ongoing measles outbreak is to encourage protection with the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine for those who are not immune. The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) has activated a Mobile Health Unit to deploy to the following locations this coming week to offer MMR vaccine to unvaccinated individuals at no cost.

Locations:

• Friday, Oct. 31: 1-4 p.m. at Inman Library, 50 Mill St., Inman, SC 29349
• Monday, Nov. 3: 1-4 p.m. at Boiling Springs Library, 871 Double Bridge Rd., Boiling Springs, S.C. 29316
• Wednesday, Nov. 5: 1-4 p.m. Boiling Springs Library, 871 Double Bridge Rd., Boiling Springs, S.C. 29316
• Thursday, Nov. 6: 1-4 p.m. Boiling Springs Library, 871 Double Bridge Rd., Boiling Springs, S.C. 29316

Since being deployed beginning Oct. 16, the Mobile Health Unit has administered 28 doses of MMR (measles vaccine): 23 adults, 5 children.

If anyone is wondering whether they or their child already are vaccinated, people who receive immunizations from South Carolina providers can access their immunization record through the SIMON public portal. As of Jan. 1, 2017, all immunization providers are to report all administered doses of vaccines to the state immunization registry.

Doses administered prior to 2017 may not be recorded in the registry. If you have questions regarding your immunizations, please reach out to your primary health care provider or the provider that administered the vaccines.

Our next scheduled update on case counts and disease-related activity will occur Tuesday, Nov. 4.

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