The Milan McDonald’s in Rock County, IL is doing normal business again, while health officials continue to clean up the Hepatitis A problem.
Another confirmed case of Hepatitis A brings the count for the outbreak to 26. Free inoculation clinics in Rock County handed out 5,366 does of either the Hepatitis A vaccine or immune globulin.
Two restaurant employees may have exposed an estimated 10,000 customers of the Milan McDonald’s to Hepatitis A. Located just off I-284, many Milan McDonald’s customers were probably travelers just passing through the Quad Cities.
The latest victim in the outbreak lives in Henry County, IL, just one county east of the bi-state Quad Cities area.
There 15 confirmed cases in Rock Island County, five in Mercer County, two in Henry County, and one each in Warren and Woodford counties, all in Illinois, as well as two cases in Scott County, Iowa. All the cases are part of the outbreak connected to the Milan McDonald’s.