The NHS says close contact with an infected person, touching surfaces where the virus is wriggling about and eating food prepared by someone with the virus are some of the main ways norovirus spreads.
The NHS said hospitals in England have been hit by a ‘storm’ of norovirus cases, with tyhe number of beds taken up by patients with the virus at a ‘record high’.
‘An average 1,160 patients a day were in hospital with norovirus last week -a 22% surge on the previous week (948) and more than double the same period last year (509),’ the health service said.
After all, it only takes fewer than 100 norovirus particles to become sickened – and people ill with the virus spew billions.
‘Norovirus activity has remained high this season and following a drop in reporting which coincided with the Christmas holiday period reporting is now rising again,’ the agency said in a report published Thursday.
