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More children in Schoonhoven infected with jaundice | Interior

A student also appears to be infected at a secondary school in Gouda. Tuesday it was announced that four children had contracted jaundice at a primary school in Schoonhoven. Two high school students in that place also became infected. “In all cases, a relationship can be established with the first hepatitis A infection,” says the GGD.

Hepatitis A is a contagious liver infection caused by the hepatitis A virus. The main symptoms are fever, nausea, tiredness and loss of appetite. People also get yellow skin and a whites of the eyes. The disease will pass again. The disease is rare in the Netherlands.

The leaders of the playgroup have been preventively vaccinated against hepatitis A. The staff and the children of the other nursery school that are at risk of infection will be vaccinated on Friday. All 220 children and employees in primary school were vaccinated on Wednesday.

According to the GGD, the virus is in the feces of someone who is sick with hepatitis A. After visiting the toilet, the virus can, for example, be on the toilet seat, the flush button, the tap or the door handle. This allows the virus to get into the mouth through the hands. Via the hands, the virus can also end up on toys, cutlery, crockery and food.

People with hepatitis A can infect others from 1 week before the symptoms start until 1 week thereafter. So if there are no complaints, someone with the hepatitis A virus can infect others, according to the GGD.

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