After a fourth and now a fifth case of Hepatitis A turned up in the Kennebunkport Consolidated Schools, upset parents say they were not informed soon enough by school officials.
According to Maine news site, seacoastonline. com:
Following news that a fifth child has been diagnosed with hepatitis A, parents questioned the MSAD 71 School Board on Monday as to why all parents weren’t notified after the initial outbreak at Consolidated School.
“We don’t care who it is, but we want to know that it is (real),” said mother Amy Johnson.
The first two cases were diagnosed in September, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control, and both children were members of the same family. At that time, only students in those two classes were notified of the outbreak.
Three more cases were diagnosed at Consolidated between late October and early November. Six additional cases have been diagnosed in the Kennebunk/Kennebunkport area, all involving family members of the first two children.
The school district did send out a letter to all parents last week about the outbreak. For more, go here.