Health & Fitness
Hepatitis Vaccine Effort Linked To NJ Starbucks Outbreak In Phase 2
The initiative stems from an incident involving an employee at a Starbucks in Gloucester Township.
GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ — The largest hepatitis vaccine initiative in the history
of New Jersey has entered phase 2 as officials attempt to quell an outbreak linked to Starbucks at 1490 Blackwood-Clementon Road in Gloucester Township.
This outreach is intended for the 800 customers who received the hepatitis A vaccine nearly 6 months ago, after a case of hepatitis A was identified in an employee at the coffee shop, the county said.
"If you were one of those residents who received a dose of the vaccine back in November, it’s imperative that you come to get your second one," Camden County Commissioner Carmen Rodriguez said in a press release. "Like many other vaccines, the hepatitis A vaccine relies on that second dose to provide full protection to the recipient so please, make an appointment as soon as you can."
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Appointments can be scheduled by calling the clinic at 856-931-2700.
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