Vaccine due to the gentlemans age decided to do blood work and all the blood work came back positive for hep a. Just a matter of where can you get the vaccine . Because we had eaten there on the 16th. Reporter now, the mayor is here. The Hamilton Township Health Department officer overseeing this process as we speak. The township is asking anyone who dined at the restaurant between november 10th and this past monday to please take advantage of the vaccination clinic until about 8 00 tonight. Again, an Infectious Disease expert will confirm by those state Laboratory Tests whether or not this second patient, in fact, does have hepatitis a. , but we are told that it is highly likely. Live in Hamilton Township, cydney long, nbc 10 news. Also tonight, new protests about grand jury decisions in ferguson and new york city. In both cases, White Police Officers were not indicted after black men died while being arrested. Protesters called for justice in north philadelphia today. The group gathe
County Health Officials say it is highly likely that that customer does have hepatitis a. And test results could be back from the state Health Department as early as tonight. The Infectious Disease department will have to confirm that. In the meantime, see a steady crowd of people here coming after work to make sure they can defend themselves if they were potentially put at risk. The cost for the shot is 35. The clinic started with about 1,000 shots. Theyre now down to about 530 shots but it remains open until 8 00 tonight. Live in hamilton township, cydney long, nbc 10 news. All right. Some background here, hepatitis a. Is a liver disease. The cdc says symptoms include yellow skin or eyes, tiredness, stomachache or unaush ya. People with the disease often dont have symptoms. It is most often transmitted through persontoperson contact. It can also be transmitted through food or water but thats less common. The hepatitis a. Vaccine can prevent you from getting the disease. Our website a