4/27/2005
A restaurant worker in Scott County is among those confirmed with hepatitis-A in East Tennessee.
But health officials say they don’t believe the viral liver disease was spread to people who ate at the restaurant.
There have been 18 cases of hepatitis-A reported in Anderson, Campbell and Scott counties.
One of those was an employee at a Waffle House in Clinton.
The health department set up an emergency clinic last week and vaccinated more than 1,500 people who ate at the Waffle House.
Health officials don’t believe vaccinations are needed for people who ate at the Scott County restaurant.
They would not identify the business.
The health department has not been able to find the source of the outbreak.