Hotel escapes censure over hepatitis outbreak
Thursday, January 5, 2006
The Northern Territory's Centre for Disease Control says no action will be taken against a Darwin hotel even though several diners contracted hepatitis A after eating there.
The centre says four people fell ill with the virus after eating at the Marrara Hotel in Jingili between November 18 and December 3.
Centre spokeswoman Vicki Krause says a kitchen worker seems to have been the source of the infection, which causes inflammation of the liver.
Dr Krause says the hotel breached no health and safety procedures.
"They were very cooperative," she said.
"They did exactly as recommended by the Department of Health.
"If anything, they've been exemplary."
A spokesman for the former Airport Hotel says the outbreak came as a shock but there is no longer any risk.
