Customers of Toronto restaurant may have been exposed to hepatitis A: officials

Toronto health officials are warning that recent customers of an east-end restaurant may have been exposed to hepatitis A.

Toronto Public Health says an employee of the Cliffside Bistro has a confirmed case of the virus, which can cause liver infection.

The agency says the risk of infection is low, but anyone who ate or drank at the restaurant on July 21, 25 or 29, or on Aug. 2 or 4, should watch for symptoms.

Those include fever, tiredness, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, dark urine, stomach pains and jaundice.

Toronto Public Health is holding free hepatitis A vaccination clinics for those who ate at the restaurant on the August dates, saying the shot is most effective when received within 14 days of exposure.

The clinics will be held today and Wednesday at the Scarborough Civic Centre rotunda.