UK households told to boil wash clothes and bedding right now Brits are being told to boil wash their clothes and bedding this February as the winter vomiting bug norovirus cases hit record levels.
One key piece of advice is to wash all clothing and bedding on a boil or hot wash, at a temperature of at least 60C, as this will kill any virus particles and stop the bug being passed on.
The Met Office is advising to crank up the heat when it comes to laundry, recommending all clothing and bedding be washed on a boil or hot wash at a minimum of 60C to zap any lurking virus particles dead in their tracks, reports the Express.
The UKHSA says: "Individuals are most infectious when symptomatic, but it is possible to pass on norovirus or shed the virus, thereby contaminating surfaces, objects or even food, both before developing symptoms and after symptoms have stopped.
Hospitals in England are swamped with a surge of norovirus patients, with an average of 961 hospital beds occupied by those suffering from diarrhoea and vomiting symptoms every day last week, marking a seven per cent increase from 898 the previous week.
