Diners exposed to hepatitis A after restaurant employee tests positive for virus
Daily MailDiners at a Milwaukee restaurant have been encouraged to receive a hepatitis A vaccine after being exposed to the virus by an infected employee. The restaurant, Beans & Barley, is cooperating with the City of Milwaukee Health Department to notify the roughly 80 individuals who may have been exposed in that timeframe. Milwaukee's Commissioner of Health, Mike Totoraitis, said he is ‘very confident based on the information that we have that the risk to the general public is very low.’ However, if people begin showing symptoms, they should see a doctor, but if they have been vaccinated or have had the virus previously, they can't be infected again. Beans & Barley is still safe for customers and the Milwaukee health department maintains that the risk to the general public is low The health department erected an emergency vaccination drive to ensure those 80 diners are current. Dr Totoraitis said: ‘We're still working through the rest of the folks there to ensure that they were either up-to-date on the Hepatitis A vaccine or had prior infection.’ He and the department maintain the general risk to the public is low.
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