{"id":193365,"date":"2026-09-02T21:25:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T21:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/193365\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T21:25:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T21:25:15","slug":"manitoba-health-warns-of-possible-hepatitis-a-exposure-at-winnipeg-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/193365\/","title":{"rendered":"Manitoba Health warns of possible hepatitis A exposure at Winnipeg bar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Health officials in Manitoba say anyone who frequented the Kyoto Kat Club in Winnipeg from July 30 to Aug. 20 may have been exposed to hepatitis A.<\/p>\n<p>A public alert was issued Wednesday about the possible exposure at the bar and beer vendor on Westminster Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>People who were at this location are asked to monitor for symptoms, which could appear between two and seven weeks after exposure. Anyone with symptoms is asked to contact a health-care provider.<\/p>\n<p>Hepatitis A is a contagious liver infection caused by a virus and spreads through contaminated water or food or through close contact with someone who\u2019s infected.<\/p>\n<p>Symptoms include tiredness, poor appetite, nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain and fever, dark-coloured urine and yellowing of eyes and skin.<\/p>\n<p>In May, Manitoba <a href=\"https:\/\/winnipeg.citynews.ca\/2026\/05\/23\/manitoba-is-expanding-eligibility-for-free-hepatitis-a-vaccines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">expanded eligibility for free hepatitis A vaccines<\/a> as the province\u2019s ongoing outbreak increasingly affected Winnipeg, particularly people experiencing homelessness and the organizations that support them.<\/p>\n<p>The hepatitis A outbreak was first declared in April 2025 and affected several northern Manitoba communities at first. The outbreak later spread to other parts of the province, including the capital.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Winnipeg as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=winnipeg.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788384315_973_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Health officials in Manitoba say anyone who frequented the Kyoto Kat Club in Winnipeg from July 30 to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[84],"class_list":["post-193365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}