CANADA: Hepatitis A case confirmed at B.C. ski resort restaurant - (Cossacks Breaking News)
January 31, 2008 – 7:26 pmThe Interior Health Authority was cited as warning that people who ate at the Sun Peaks ski resort near Kamloops, B.C. between January 7 and 24 may have been exposed to Hepatitis A.
Dr. Digby Horne, the medical health officer for the Thompson-Cariboo-Shuswap area, was cited as telling CBC News on Wednesday morning that a food handler at Masas Bar and Grill developed the virus after travelling outside of the county.
As a result, Interior Health is urging anyone who ate at Masas after 3 p.m. PT on January 16, 18, 20, 23 or 24 to get vaccinated.
Diners who ate at the restaurant after 3:00 pm on Jan 7, 8, 11, 12 and 13 also may have been exposed to the virus but will not benefit from immunization, said Interior Health.
Those people should be alert to the signs and symptoms of Hepatitis A, and if those occur, they should not handle or […]
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