Hundreds of people who dined at one of Melbourne’s best restaurants will be contacted by the health department after a food handler was diagnosed with a highly contagious liver infection.
The Age reports the staff member at Cumulus Inc., in the fine-dining hotspot of Flinders Lane, was recently found to have hepatitis A.
An alert issued by Victoria’s Department of Health on Thursday afternoon said anyone who ate at the restaurant between February 26 and March 19 should visit their GP for a free hepatitis A vaccine, and seek urgent medical attention if they feel unwell.
The department is also contacting anyone who booked at the restaurant during the same time period.
It is not yet clear how the male staff member contracted hepatitis A.
However, Victoria has been recently experiencing a local outbreak of the infectious disease, which has already claimed one life.
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