Sask. Health Authority warns of potential hepatitis A exposure at Saskatoon drugstore [Video]

The province’s health authority is alerting the public that customers at the Shoppers Drug Mart at the Centre Mall in Saskatoon may have been exposed to hepatitis A.

“Those who purchased food and beverage items at that location may have been exposed,” the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) said in a news release Thursday.

SHA says the potential exposure was limited to those who purchased food and beverage items between Feb. 27 and March 19, and did not use a self-checkout.

Anyone who purchased items from a cashier in that time frame should contact HealthLine 811, SHA says.

“People with exposures within the past 14 days may be eligible for hepatitis A vaccine to decrease the likelihood of disease. While the risk of transmission is low, hepatitis is a serious disease.”

Hepatitis A is a liver infection caused by a virus that’s spread by ingesting something that has been contaminated with …