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A-list celebs need Hep A shot after NY birthday bash

A-list celebs need Hep A shot after NY birthday bash

NEW YORK – Celebrities Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher and Madonna are among hundreds of patrons of a New York bar being urged by New York health officials to get a Hepatitis A vaccination after a bartender was found to be infected.

The city health department issued a statement, warning anyone who visited Socialista in Manhattan’s West Village on February 7, 8 or 11 to get a vaccination. Local media reports said Moore hosted a 30th birthday bash for her husband Kutcher at the venue on February 7 after a star-studded dinner at Gemma restaurant.Entertainment photo agency WireImage showed guests at the Socialista event, including Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ivanka Trump, Liv Tyler, Catherine Keener, Lucy Liu and Salma Hayek.Other celebrities reported at Socialista were Javier Bardem, nominated for a best supporting actor Oscar, Eric Dane, Rebecca Gayheart and fashion designer Roberto Cavalli.Socialista was not immediately available for comment, nor were representatives of Moore, Kutcher or Madonna.”Any patron who visited the establishment after 8 p.m.on February 7th or 8th, or after 10 p.m.on February 11th (the times the infected person worked after becoming infectious), is considered to be at risk and needs a preventive shot,” the health department said.It said the bar owners were co-operating fully and estimated between 700 and 800 people had visited the bar on those nights, but added that no cases of illness had yet been identified.Hepatitis A is a liver disease caused by a virus and is spread from person to person by putting something in the mouth that has been contaminated with traces of faecal matter from an infected person, the department said.Symptoms include jaundice, fatigue, abdominal pain, nausea, and diarrhoea.Nampa-ReutersLocal media reports said Moore hosted a 30th birthday bash for her husband Kutcher at the venue on February 7 after a star-studded dinner at Gemma restaurant.Entertainment photo agency WireImage showed guests at the Socialista event, including Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ivanka Trump, Liv Tyler, Catherine Keener, Lucy Liu and Salma Hayek.Other celebrities reported at Socialista were Javier Bardem, nominated for a best supporting actor Oscar, Eric Dane, Rebecca Gayheart and fashion designer Roberto Cavalli.Socialista was not immediately available for comment, nor were representatives of Moore, Kutcher or Madonna.”Any patron who visited the establishment after 8 p.m.on February 7th or 8th, or after 10 p.m.on February 11th (the times the infected person worked after becoming infectious), is considered to be at risk and needs a preventive shot,” the health department said.It said the bar owners were co-operating fully and estimated between 700 and 800 people had visited the bar on those nights, but added that no cases of illness had yet been identified.Hepatitis A is a liver disease caused by a virus and is spread from person to person by putting something in the mouth that has been contaminated with traces of faecal matter from an infected person, the department said.Symptoms include jaundice, fatigue, abdominal pain, nausea, and diarrhoea.Nampa-Reuters

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