CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — South Carolina health officials say they’ve confirmed eight new cases of measles since October 24. Each case resulted from close contact with previously known cases.
It brings the statewide total to 33 for the year.
“So far, all the measles cases this year have been in unvaccinated individuals. We did have one new case in an individual who only had one of the recommended two doses of the MMR vaccine,” South Carolina state epidemiologist Dr. Linda Bell…