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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Bethan McKernan Wales correspondent

Parents in Wales urged to ‘be vigilant’ about hand-washing amid hepatitis A outbreak

Close up view of young child washing hands with soap in basin
Public Health Wales has written to families of primary school-age children encouraging good hygiene. Photograph: Cavan Images/Getty Images

Health authorities have asked parents and carers to be “vigilant with their children’s hand-washing” after a hepatitis A outbreak in Barry, south Wales.

Public Health Wales said at least three households in the seaside town had been identified as having contracted the same liver infection, and there were worries it was spreading locally.

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