Two children at same primary school diagnosed with Hepatitis A | UK News

A public health warning has been issued after two pupils from a school in Yorkshire caught Hepatitis A.

Two children in year one and year two at Dalton School in Huddersfield contracted the disease, prompting vaccinations to be offered to students and staff.

The school said they were working with health authorities to prevent any further spread.

According to the Huddersfield Examiner, headteacher Ian Richardson wrote: ‘I have been working with Public Health in order to support children and families in Y2 and Y1/Y2 where two children have contracted Hepatitis A.

‘These children are now out of incubation and offer zero risk to other children in the school.

‘As a result, Public Health have asked me not to raise any unnecessary awareness.

‘This ping is to ask you not to worry as there is absolutely minimal risk to all other groups in the school.’

Hepatitis A is an infection of the liver which is usually caught directly from a person who is indected.

It can also be contracted by consuming contaminated food and drink.

Symptoms of the disease include mild fever, jaundice, joint and muscle pain, feeling and being sick, diarrhoea, loss of appetite, stomach pain, dark-coloured urine and itchy skin.

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