Parent Reacts to Hepatitis A Scare

A mother reacts to a Hepatitis-A scare at a Roanoke daycare.

The Alleghany Regional and Roanoke Health Districts sent a letter home to parents who's children go to First Baptist daycare. The Health Department says two children there were infected with Hepatitis-A.

One parent who does not want to be identified, says it worries her because it's happened here before.

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Hepatitis A at Roanoke day care center

Parents whose children attend First Baptist Child Development Center in Roanoke, received a letter on Friday that their children may have been exposed to Hepatitis A.

The letter from the health department stated that two children had developed Hepatitis A. It is easily transmitted among young people, especially those in diapers.

The health department plans on coming to the daycare center next week to give out vaccines.

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