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A Korean waitress at Queenstown's Copthorne Hotel may have exposed thousands of guests to hepatitis A.
Public Health South medical officer of health Dr Marion Poore was notified yesterday that the waitress was found to have hepatitis A after being admitted to Queenstown's Lakes District Hospital.
She started work at the Copthorne on April 11. An average of 300 guests a day eat breakfast at the hotel, meaning about 6900 people may have been exposed to the virus between April 11 and May 4, when the waitress stopped working.
Dr Poore urged anyone who dined there to "be alert" to the symptoms of hepatitis A, including nausea and vomiting, jaundice, dark urine, pale faeces, feeling unwell, lacking energy, not feeling like eating, stomach upset and pains, fever, and general aches and pains.
- NZPA
