Dr. Vera Etches, Ottawa's Medical Officer of Health visits Horizon-Jeunesse Catholic elementary school on Thursday, 03 Sep, 2020.
Ottawa Public Health is alerting residents to a "very low risk" of exposure to hepatitis A after an employee at a Tim Hortons on Hunt Club Road tested positive for the infectious disease.Ottawa Public Health issued the warning to people who visited the Tim Hortons at 372 Hunt Club Rd. between Nov. 15 and Dec. 8, 2024. The public health agency says there is a 'very low risk' of exposure to hepatitis A.
Those include fever, loss of appetite, nausea, abdominal pain, feeling generally unwell , yellow skin and eyes , pale stools or dark urine, OPH said. The public health agency urges anyone who visited the restaurant during that period and experiences any of these symptoms to seek medical assessment. "Hepatitis A is more common in places with inadequate sanitation systems," the public health agency added.
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