Norovirus At Winter Olympics

Norovirus has sickened 199 people vox the dreaded norovirus has hit the winter olympics. Dozens of security guards have been infected and hundreds more are being checked for signs of the. In a study done in england and wales the peak of winter was significantly associated with.

Norovirus hit pyeongchang days before the 2018 winter olympics began with 32 cases reported on tuesday.

Norovirus at winter olympics. Officials are scrambling to contain an outbreak of the highly contagious norovirus that has sickened more than 40 security staff. Dozens of winter olympics staffers in pyeongcheng have been quarantined after a wave of norovirus broke out on sunday. The stomach virus is highly contagious and could. Norovirus the winter vomiting bug has already infected more than 85 people at the site of the pyeongchang south korea olympics and its unlikely the highly contagious virus will stop anytime.

Its an unwelcome guest at the 2018 pyeongchang winter olympic games. By jamie ducharme february 16 2018 t he norovirus outbreak at the winter olympics has officially spread to athletes according to a statement from the swiss olympic team. Olympics 2018 theres a norovirus outbreak at the winter olympics south korean soldiers inspect a visitor at a security checkpoint as they replace security guards showing symptoms of the norovirus. Cnn as the winter olympic games officially began in south korea on friday a nasty shadow was hanging over the friendly competition and expressions of goodwill in the form of the highly.

At least 199 people are sick. This includes workers civil security staff and foreigners. Olympic organizers quarantined around 1200 security staff when the virus first broke out. Norovirus has hit the pyeongchang winter olympics just days before the 2018 games begin.

Whats more norovirus outbreaks predominantly occur in the winter for reasons that arent entirely clear. Two swiss athletes whose.