Local Restaurant Employee Diagnosed with Hepatitis A

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CHARLOTTE, NC — People who may have been exposed to Hepatitis A at a restaurant in south Charlotte can get the vaccine at the Health Department on Wednesday.

An employee at Dogwood Southern Table and Bar has the virus.  People who ate at the restaurant between February 4th and 10th should get the vaccination.  The owner says health officials told him the restaurant is not a health risk.

“100 percent.  The first question I asked at 3:30 on Sunday was, ‘Should we close to the public?’  That’s always our first concern.  They said no, no, no, we should not close to the public.  We are not at all a public health concern,” said Dogwood owner John Dressler.

Hepatitis A symptoms include fatigue, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, loss of appetite and muscle pain.