South Carolina Officials Quarantine 153 Unvaccinated Children

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South Carolina officials have ordered nearly 153 unvaccinated children to be quarantined.

The order comes after a measles outbreak struck the schools the unvaccinated children attended, according to the state’s Department of Public Health.

The students will remain in quarantine for over three weeks but will have the option to attend classes remotely.

The Washington Times was one of the first outlets to report on the quarantine:

State officials quarantined 153 unvaccinated children who attend two Spartanburg, South Carolina, schools after they were exposed to measles.

The South Carolina Department of Public Health said the quarantined students attended the public charter Global Academy of South Carolina and the public Fairforest Elementary School.

The students will remain in quarantine for three weeks, officials said.

So far, there is one case of measles among students at Global Academy of South Carolina, a K-8 school, and three cases at Fairforest Elementary, according to The Post and Courier in Charleston.

Infected people can spread measles before they start exhibiting symptoms, and are contagious for four days before developing the measles rash and for four days after it starts.

The initial symptoms of measles prior to the onset of rash include fever, coughing, a runny nose and red eyes. Once it starts, the measles rash lasts for about five to six days.

The measles outbreak in South Carolina’s Upstate region began on Sept. 25, with eight cases associated with it so far and 11 measles cases in South Carolina this year.

All 11 measles patients were unvaccinated and did not have immunity from previous measles infections, health officials said. About 6% of Spartanburg County kids have a religious vaccine exemption, the highest rate in the state, according to The Post and Courier.

A bubbling measles outbreak in the upstate of South Carolina has forced 153 unvaccinated children out of the classroom and into quarantine for a minimum of 21 days. https://t.co/QOIFDlBvYU

— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 10, 2025

NBC News reported 118 children were forced to quarantine in Minnesota:

A bubbling measles outbreak in the upstate of South Carolina has forced 153 unvaccinated children out of the classroom and into quarantine for a minimum of 21 days.

In Minnesota, where a small outbreak has been growing for the last month, 118 students are also under quarantine in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area after being exposed to the highly contagious virus, health officials said Friday.

The restrictions mean three weeks of remote learning as parents monitor for fever, rash and other symptoms.

“Communities are having to bear the price of quarantining so many children,” said Michael Osterholm, an infectious disease expert and the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota. “Expect more of the same. This is going to happen more and more frequently.”

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