Personal Injury Law

BC Health Officials Pursue Two Cases of Hep A

By Marler Clark LLP

Michele Young of the Kamloops Daily News, wrting in the Vancouver Sun, over the weekend reports that two incidents of Hepatitis A are being investigated by health officials.

One victim, who recently visited Mexico, is a member of a local sports team.   The other is a restaurant worker who was in India recently.  The food handler worked at the Sun Peaks restaurant Mesa's Bar and Grill.

Young's story in the Sun said:

The incidents are unrelated, (Dr. Digby) Horne said. "We don't really know how they got the hepatitis A. Possibly food or water," he said. Neither of the infected people are in hospital, and the food handler is feeling better.

The teenage sports player, however, is still sick. He began showing symptoms Jan. 23 and a lab confirmation of hepatitis A was made Thursday.

"We're still working on identifying or checking to make sure there aren't any more contacts, but we did immunize team members because there had been significant food handling and sharing," said Horne.

For all of Ms. Young's story, go here.

Full post as published by Hepatitis Blog on February 04, 2008 (boomark / email).