"Quarantine involves staying home 21 days after a known exposure to monitor symptom development. Students who are not immunized and were exposed to a known case are not allowed to attend school. Isolation is indicated when an individual has the measles and is infectious, which is four days after the rash appears. Six of the 11 schools affected reported immunization levels in the low 80s. The Department of Health said 95% offers herd immunity. Statewide, the immunization level has dropped to 90%."
"Here are the schools and numbers quarantined: Campobello Gramling School 67 students in quarantine Boiling Springs Elementary 16 students in quarantine Fairforest Elementary 27 in quarantine Hendrix Elementary 40 in quarantine Mabry Middle School 13 in quarantine Chapman High School 5 in quarantine Rainbow Lake Middle School 60 in quarantine Tyger River Elementary 21 in quarantine Fairforest Middle School 3 in quarantine Dorman High School-Freshman Campus 8 in quarantine Inman Intermediate 43 in quarantine"
An Upstate measles outbreak in South Carolina has reached 126 outbreak-related cases and 129 total cases this year, with 15 new cases since Tuesday. A total of 303 people are in quarantine and 13 are in isolation. Quarantine requires staying home for 21 days after exposure; unvaccinated students exposed to cases are barred from attending school. Isolation applies to infectious individuals up to four days after rash onset. Eleven schools have been affected, with six schools reporting immunization rates in the low 80s. Statewide immunization has fallen to 90%, below the 95% herd-immunity threshold.
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