First outbreak of norovirus of the season (Cardiff)

[rebbonk]

A suspected outbreak of the winter bug norovirus is being investigated at a Cardiff city centre hotel. The Park Plaza hotel is thought to have been hit with the winter sickness bug after a guest is suspected to have brought the virus in to a function room last week. It has been confirmed that 127 cases of norovirus have been identified in guests who used the function room in the hotel at Greyfriars Road, Cardiff between 24 and 27 November 2010. The hotel was made aware of the of the problem on Monday after a number of guests contacted staff after they had fallen ill over the weekend. The suspected outbreak is now being investigated by Cardiff Council. A spokesperson said: "Cardiff Council’s Communicable Disease Team is currently investigating an outbreak of suspected norovirus associated with the Park Plaza Hotel. "The suspected norovirus was notified to us by the hotel and the investigation is being undertaken with the full co-operation of the hotel management," The norovirus bug is a highly contagious virus and can be transmitted through contact with people who have got the virus of through contaminated food. It is estimated that norovirus typically affects between 600,000 and a million people in the UK each year and is common during the colder months of the year and is highly infectious. Symptoms include vomiting and/or diarrhoea, and usually last between 24 and 48 hours. Most makes a full recovery. However, some people, usually the very young or elderly, may become very dehydrated and require hospital treatment.

(Taken from the RSOE emergency and disaster site http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php ... u&lang=eng)

[dutchman]

I wish I'd known last year but the simplest remedy is the water that rice has been boiled-in
The joke is I had cupboard-full of Batchelors savoury-rice I'd bought when it was on special offer