India, Oct. 20 -- A case of measles exposure at a restaurant in Georgia's Macon County on October 7 has prompted the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) to issue an alert about a potential public exposure.

The alert comes after the DPH said on October 13 that a case of measles was confirmed in Macon County and traced it to Pennsylvania, which is dealing with an outbreak with more than 1200 cases so far. The DPH is now fearing a potential public exposure, as those who visited the restaurant around the infected individual may also have been infected. So far, there have been 22 cases of measles in Georgia.

The Department of Public Health said in the alert that the infected individual visited the LongHorn Steakhouse in Macon County's ...