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NANTON (660 NEWS) – Alberta Health Services warn of exposure to hepatitis A in Nanton.
It was confirmed that an individual was infected with the disease while he was preparing food in the city earlier this month.
As a result, AHS warns anyone who consumed food at the Auditorium on January 11 and 18 may have been exposed to hepatitis A, as well as people who ate bannock prepared by JT Foster's outdoor club. School on January 17th.
Those who have eaten food at the hotel should call Health Link at 8:11 to find out the date of exposure and the risks, and they will receive information about planned vaccination centers.
People who ate the food prepared by JT Foster School are contacted directly and vaccination clinics are in preparation.
If you are exposed to hepatitis A, the onset of symptoms may take 15 to 50 days and a vaccine remains effective within two weeks of exposure.
Symptoms include fatigue, lack of appetite, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and fever. There will also be yellowing of the eyes and skin several days later.
Young children may be infected and not present with symptoms, but they remain infectious to others.
AHS thinks the risk is low, but as hepatitis A is a serious infection, they advise taking all precautions.
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