SPARTANBURG, SC (WSPA) – Six cases of measles have been confirmed in Spartanburg Co., according to SC Dept. of Environmental and Health Control (DHEC).
They say they are in the process of notifying people who may have been exposed in specific settings.
The people who had measles visited local urgent care facilities while they were infectious, according to DHEC.
If you visited any of the following urgent cares, you are asked to contact Spartanburg Co. Health Dept. at 864-596-3337:
- • AFC at 1667 East Main Street Duncan, S.C. on Friday, Oct. 26 between 11:35 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
- • MEDcare Urgent Care at 301 E. Wood St. Spartanburg, S.C. on Saturday, Oct. 27 between 4 p.m. and 7:15 p.m.
- • Greer Memorial Hospital Emergency Room at 830 S Buncombe Rd, Greer, S.C. on Saturday, Oct. 27 between 10:08 a.m. and 5 p.m.
DHEC says measles is a serious disease that can lead to hospitalization and even death.
Symptoms include fever, cough, runny nose – followed by a rash that lasts five to six days.
It is highly contagious and spreads through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes, according to DHEC.
