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Starbucks Worker Tests Positive for Hepatitis A, Prompts Mass Vaccination of Customers - Gizmodo
Nov 22, 2021 46 secs
Health officials in New Jersey are scrambling to prevent an outbreak of hepatitis A after a Starbucks employee reportedly tested positive for the virus last week.

Potentially thousands of people may be at risk of contracting the foodborne illness, however, and officials are recommending that unvaccinated customers who visited the store in early to mid November get a shot.

The county also held vaccine clinics into the weekend and reportedly vaccinated hundreds of possibly exposed people.

Because the employee had been working all throughout their most infectious period, it’s possible that thousands of people may have been exposed to the virus, health officials have said.

Anyone who visited the store on November 4 through 6, as well as November 11 through 13, are advised to get the hepatitis A vaccine.

Camden health officials say that those born after 2000 are likely to have gotten vaccinated already, though people or their guardians should check with a doctor to make sure.

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