March 28, 2024

Hepatitis A Scare at Nanaimo Grocery

After a cashier at a Superstore in Nanaimo tested positive for hepatitis A, customers and employees are being offered vaccinations, The Canadian Press is reporting.

Hepatitis AHealth officials say anyone who purchased and ate raw produce or unwrapped foods on the evenings of  Feb. 25, 26 or 27; all day March 1; or the evening of March 4  should get the vaccine as a precaution. A drop-in clinic has been scheduled tomorrow at a recreation center

Hepatitis A is a liver disease that causes illness lasting for a few weeks or as long as several months. Symptoms generally appear two to seven weeks after exposure and include fatigue, nausea, vomiting, fever, dark urine, clay-colored stools and yellow skin or eyes. However, not everyone infected with hepatitis shows symptoms.

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