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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Vomiting Virus Sweeps Britain


Britain is in the grip of a winter vomiting outbreak which has already seen many thousands fall victim to the debilitating virus. 


Cases of the bug(causes violent vomiting and severe diarrhoea) have surged to a five-year high and the health service has reported outbreaks at dozens of hospitals.

 Figures from the Health Protection Agency show the number of confirmed reports of the virus – where samples have been sent by hospitals or GPs to laboratories for tests – is up 52 per cent on last year. 
There have been 1,975 confirmed norovirus cases in hospitals since July, compared to 1,301 cases over the same period in 2011.

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