Alert issued after hepatitis A case confirmed in food handler at Edmonton airport
Alberta Health Services has confirmed a case of hepatitis in a food handler working at two resta... A case of hepatitis A has been confirmed in a food handler working at two restaurants in the Edmonton International Airport. Anyone who consumed food or a drink from either the Belgian Beer Café or the Boston Pizza within the airport may have been exposed and should call Health Link at 1-888-851-1919 immediately. Health Link staff will assess your exposure risk and help book you in for a preventive hepatitis A vaccine if you are eligible. Symptoms include tiredness, poor appetite, nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain, fever, dark-coloured urine, light-colouring stools, and yellowing of eyes and skin.
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Alberta Health Services has confirmed a case of hepatitis in a food handler working at two restaurants in the Edmonton International Airport.
AHS says that anyone who consumed food or a drink from either the Belgian Beer Café or the Boston Pizza within the airport may have been exposed and should call Health Link at 1-888-851-1919 immediately.
Officials say Health Link staff will assess your exposure risk and help book you in for a preventive hepatitis A vaccine if you are eligible. A vaccine, given after exposure, can prevent the development of hepatitis A illness.
Otherwise, restaurant goers should monitor their symptoms over the next 50 days.
Symptoms include tiredness, poor appetite, nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain, fever, dark-coloured urine, light-coloured stools, and yellowing of eyes and skin. Some people, especially young children, may get hepatitis A infection without noticing any symptoms; however, they are still infectious to others.
AHS says the possible dates and times of exposure are as follows:
• October 7, 8 or 11 from 4:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
• October 1 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• October 7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• October 8 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Topics: Canada, Edmonton