norovirus

Saga cruise ship due in Southampton – days after it was turned away from Gibraltar due to norovirus

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Saga cruise ship with 89 passengers suffering from diarrhoea, vomiting and fever is due to dock in Southampton – days after it was turned away from Gibraltar The ship, Spirit of Discovery, is due back in the UK on Wednesday morning  The vessel, which had been sailing around Italy, had been due to stop in … Read more

NHS hospitals are FULLER than they have been all winter amid a surge in cases of norovirus

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Hospital beds in England were fuller last week than they have been all winter, according to NHS statistics. Fewer than five per cent of overnight beds were open to new patients between January 6 and 12. A surge in norovirus cases added extra pressure to already-stretched hospitals, the NHS said, after the number of infections … Read more

Wisconsin school closes after 30% of students call out sick with norovirus

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Wisconsin elementary school closes amid norovirus outbreak that left nearly a THIRD of its students too sick to come to class Johnson Creek Elementary School in Wisconsin was closed on Friday  Norovirus has been spreading around the school and on Thursday 68 students – 30% of the entire student body – called out sick  The … Read more