July 22, 2005
By CATHARYN CAMPBELL
6 News Reporter
JACKSBORO (WATE) — A new confirmed case of Hepatitis A turned up in East Tennessee at a daycare center in Jacksboro.
The Campbell County Health Department gave more than 60 shots to kids and workers Friday at the Eagle Bluff Child Care Center.
A representative from the facility said one of her employees tested positive for the virus Thursday. The worker had been sick for about two weeks.
It’s not clear right now how the worker was infected but its possible the worker spread the virus for two weeks.

This is the eighth case of Hepatitis A to be found in Campbell County in the last week. An additional case was discovered in Scott County.
So far, health officials have not been able to pinpoint a source for the virus. And they say because of this latest infection, more are likely to turn up.
“Now that we know that there is a daycare worker, and if indeed she was exposed to a child there 30 days ago, there possibly has been other spread there,” said Sandy Halford of the Regional Health Department.
“In the April outbreak and in these new cases, our interviews are not revealing that there is a particular restaurant that people need to be concerned about,” Halford said.
Workers at the daycare are passing out information about Hepatitis A to parents. They are encouraging families with sick children to get their kids tested for the virus.
On Monday, shots will be given to children and workers who did not get one Friday.
Hepatitis A is a viral infection of the liver. It is thought to be spread by a virus from an infected person’s feces that is directly or indirectly contaminating food, raw shellfish, drinking water, cooking utensils or someone else’s fingers.
People most at risk are children who go to day care, international travelers, military personnel stationed abroad, homosexual males, and close contacts of people infected with hepatitis A.
One thing to note, however, health officials say children usually have a milder reaction to virus than adults.