Katie Allison Granju, Online Producer
4/20/2005
The East Tennessee Regional Health Office in Knoxville reports that 534 people received a shot to prevent Hepatitis A at a clinic set up in Clinton on Tuesday. The clinic is also open
The vaccine given was Immune Serum Globulin (IsG), and the clinic was set up at the National Guard Armory in response to a recent outbreak of Hepatitis A cases in Campbell County.
Preliminary investigation indicates that some individuals may have been exposed to the disease at the Waffle House restaurant in Clinton.
IsG provides protection against exposure to Hepatitis A, but only if it is given within 14 days of exposure to the disease.
Health officials urge everyone who has eaten at the Waffle House in Clinton in recent weeks to come in to the clinic to get a shot.
For more information, call the Regional Health Department at 549-5307 or (toll free) 1-866-852-6710 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. EST.