Hospital System Mandates Masks in South Carolina as Measles Outbreak Grows

Prisma Health said the move is aimed at ensuring a safe environment.

A boy receives a vaccine at a clinic in Los Angeles, Calif., on Jan. 19, 2022. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

Prisma Health in South Carolina said Feb. 4 it is requiring masks on many patients and visitors amid a growing measles outbreak in the state.

South Carolina’s largest private, nonprofit health care system said in a statement that starting Thursday, all adults in the emergency departments will need to wear masks and that parents will be asked to place masks on any children age 2 and older.