BREAKING NEWS:

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HEALTH DEPARTMENT: EMPLOYEE AT TAVALO'S TESTS POSITIVE FOR HEPATITIS A.


UTICA, N.Y. ---The Oneida County Health Department has learned that an employee of Tavolo’s on 131 N. Genesee St. in Utica, has tested positive for Hepatitis A.

This employee worked while infectious and may have exposed people who were patrons of the restaurant. The Health Department is alerting those who either dined-in or had take-out of the potential exposure.



If you dined at the restaurant after 5 p.m. on February 22, 28 or 29, 2020 or March 6, 7 or 13, 2020, please monitor yourself for symptoms. According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, symptoms of Hepatitis A include:



• Yellow skin or eyes

• Loss of appetite

• Upset stomach

• Stomach pain

• Vomiting

• Fever

• Dark urine or light-colored stools

• Joint pain

• Diarrhea

• Fatigue



In addition, if you dined at the restaurant after 5 p.m. on March 6, 7 or 13, 2020, the Hepatitis A vaccine is effective if given within two weeks of exposure.



Those who consumed food prepared by the restaurant on these dates from after 5:00pm must receive preventive treatment within 14 days of exposure. Please contact the Health Department at 315-798-5064 or your health care provider to receive the Hepatitis A vaccination.



Symptoms commonly appear within 28 days of exposure, with a range of 15 to 50 days. The post-exposure vaccine would not be effective for patrons who were exposed prior to March 6, 2020. If you have any of these symptoms, please contact the Health Department or your health care provider.


www.wktv.com/content/news/Health-Department-Employee-at-Tavalos-tests-positive-for-Hepatitis-A-568802881.html

Glad I have never been there.

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Wow. That will put a curse on them for a few weeks while the public digests the news and goes back to eating there. Cianfracco's Sub Shop in Rome recently had an employee diagnosed with it and they lost a ton of business for a while. I guess people are once again going back to patronizing the shop.

It should be no reason for panic. If the other employees have been tested and the restaurant kitchen cleaned effectively there is no danger of customers contracting it at this point.

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I just want to know whats going on. This now Coronavirus. Whats next. It is getting scary. This is one reason when I read about problems in restaurants in the Health Department findings I just can't get myself to eat out.

I forgot to tell you I get this email from lady who has the ownership of the grocery store downtown is opening up another grocery store in all places at the State Office Building. It opens Monday so I have to see what this is all about if the weather is any good. I might not get in if they need any special ID. I guess I am an illegal.

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That is interesting PB. There used to be a simple newsstand with snack foods just inside the door from the side street. I wonder where they will locate a grocery store and why they would put it in the state office building.