PEEKSKILL – The Westchester County Health Department reported on Friday that an employee with Hepatitis A worked at the private event space at Factoria in Peekskill while infectious.
Anyone who was there on Saturday, February 15 may have been exposed.
In an abundance of caution, because Fin & Brew shares an ice machine with the event space, health officials said patrons who ate at the restaurant on Sunday, February 16 or Wednesday, February 19 also could have been exposed.
The health department has been contacting patrons to alert them to their potential exposure. Patrons at the other restaurants in the complex are not at risk because they have separate facilities.
The county is offering free preventive treatment beginning Tuesday to anyone who ate or drank at The Space at Factoria or at Fin & Brew during the exposure period.
Preventive treatment is only effective if given within two weeks of the last day of exposure.
Those who dined on February 15 must receive the treatment by February 29. Those who dined on February 16 must receive the treatment by March 1 and those who dined there on February 19 must receive treatment by March 4.
No one with a prior history of Hepatitis A vaccination or infection needs to be treated.
The health department will offer the treatment at the Health Department Clinic, 134 Court Street, White Plains on Tuesday, February 25 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.; on Wednesday, February 26 from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.; and on Thursday, February 27 from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
For other times or appointments, call 914-995-7499.
