The Wayne County Health Department is urging anyone who ate at Andy’s Pizza and Subs on Northline in Southgate from Nov. 3 through 17 to get a Hepatitis A vaccine.
WXYZ reports the department has confirmed a food service employee at the restaurant was diagnosed with the viral liver disease sometime during the last month.
As of Nov. 29, the restaurant was fully inspected, and by Dec. 1 all employees had been vaccinated. The restaurant remains open for business.
This report comes after Greektown Casino issued a warning that an employee who worked in their private platinum member card area had contracted the disease.
A similar incident was being investigated at the McDonald’s on West Grand Boulevard in Detroit.
Health officials describe Hepatitis A as a contagious liver disease that can range in severity from a mild illness lasting a few weeks to a severe illness lasting several months. Symptoms can include fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and sometimes yellow eyes or skin and dark urine.
Hepatitis A is transmitted when a person eats, drinks, or touches their mouth with food, liquid, or objects (including their hands) that have come into contact with stool from an infected person.
This article appears in Nov 29 – Dec 5, 2017.
