New Delhi, Feb. 12 -- A possibility of a measles outbreak has been reported in Wake County, North Carolina, where an infected person visited a gym, multiple stores and restaurants over the past week, leaving shoppers in the area exposed to infection.

According to a public health announcement by Wake County, the measles-infected person visited five locations in Raleigh on February 5.

While other counties in the area have also reported a measles exposure risk - in Durham, measles exposure was reported at three known locations on February 6, while in Johnston County, someone came to the emergency room with measles on February 7.

According to the North Carolina Department of Public Health and Human Services dashboard, 18 cases of measles h...