Patrons of a College Street sushi restaurant are being urged to get checked and vaccinated for hepatitis A.
An employee of Sushi Haru, located at 635 College St. W., has the virus.
Although the risk of infection is low, Toronto Public Health said anyone who ate there on Sept. 3, from Oct. 1 to 3 or Oct. 6 to 10 may have been exposed.
Those who ate there on Oct. 9 or 10 could still get vaccinated against the illness. But those who ate there on Oct. 9 must get vaccinated today.
People who have questions can contact Toronto Public Health by calling 416-338-7600 on Thursday until 8 p.m. Officials will be also be available on Friday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
A clinic will be held for those who dined at the restaurant on Oct. 10 on Friday at Pierre Elliot Trudeau School from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. The school, located at at 65 Grace St. , is a few blocks south of the restaurant.
Hepatitis A targets a person's liver. Symptoms include fever, loss of appetite, tiredness, nausea and/or vomiting, dark urine and jaundice.
The symptoms can take up to eight weeks to appear after the person becomes first infected.
Hepatitis A can't be spread by sneezing or coughing, but if a person handled food after going to the washroom and didn't wash their hands thoroughly, the food could become contaminated with the virus.
