Health officials are warning people who ate at a Port Moody, B.C., restaurant that they may need to get a hepatitis A vaccination.

Fraser Health advises patrons who ate at the Boathouse restaurant in Port Moody, B.C., in early December to get a hepatitis A vaccination.
(CBC)

A staff member who handled salads and desserts at the Boathouse restaurant in late November and early December has contracted the highly contagious disease.

Nadine Loewen, a public health doctor with Fraser Health, said patrons who ate at the establishment during that period should be on the lookout for symptoms of the viral illness that include nausea, dark urine, abdominal cramps, fever, and yellowing of the skin and-or eyes.

Those who ate at the restaurant on Dec. 10, 11 or 14, in particular, are advised to get a vaccination at the city's public health unit, Loewen said.

"The risk of getting the disease is reduced if you get the vaccine within the 14 days, so that's why we're running the clinics today through to the 27th, at the Newport health unit," she said Monday.

The public health unit is at 205 Newport Dr., Port Moody, and is open:

• Dec. 24-25, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
• Dec. 26-27, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.