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Hepatitis A vaccines available for people who ate at a Lethbridge McDonalds

Alberta Health Services is issuing an alert about a Hepatitis A scare at a McDonald’s in southern Alberta.

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Alberta Health Services is issuing an alert about a Hepatitis A scare at a McDonald’s in southern Alberta.

The area’s medical officer of health, Dr. Lorne Clearsky, says anyone who consumed food or a drink from the restaurant in downtown Lethbridge between August 20th and 22nd may have been exposed.

Clearsky says a worker at the restaurant tested positive for the disease and was infectious during that period.

Vaccines are being offered to the public at clinics in the city.

Hepatitis A is a disease of the liver caused by a virus, and can be spread from person to person through contaminated food.

Most people who are infected recover completely with no permanent liver damage.