Children to be vaccinated after hepatitis-A outbreak
By The Associated Press
October 12, 2005
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.- All school-aged children in Campbell County public schools will receive the hepatitis-A vaccine after several residents contracted the virus over the spring and summer, health officials said.
An additional 2,000 adult doses of the vaccine will be available on a first-come, first-served basis at the Campbell County Health Department. Although the doses were donated by Merck Pharmaceutical, there is an administration fee based on income.
People at a Jacksboro pizza restaurant were urged by the health department in September to get an injection of immune serum globulin after an employee was infected.
More doses will be available for residents for $20 after the free doses run out.
