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Two children from Dalton School in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, one in year one and another in year two, have been diagnosed with hepatitis A as a Public Health Warning was issued

Infection usually displays no real red flags until it causes enough damage to bring on liver disease. The blood-borne virus - dubbed a 'silent killer' - often progresses so slowly it can largely go unnoticed for decades.

Worried parents reportedly asked whether they should keep their children at home following an outbreak of Hepatitis A among pupils at a primary school, with authorities now giving out vaccinations