Vincennes Buffalo Wild Wings Worker Sick With Hep A

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VINCENNES, Ind. – According to health officials in Knox County a worker at their local Buffalo Wild Wings was preparing food while infected with hepatitis A.

They say the person worked while sick or prepared food at the restaurant between June 30 and July 1.

Officials say after exposure, you have 14 days before you could become sick.

Buffalo Wild Wings in Vincennes was closed while staff worked to disinfect the restaurant.

Indiana is experiencing a hepatitis A outbreak

People can become ill up to 7 weeks after being exposed to the virus.

Hepatitis A is a viral infection of the liver that can cause loss of appetite, nausea, tiredness, fever, stomach pain, brown-colored urine, and light-colored stools.