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Carolee here is a report in B.C.
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<st1lace w:st="&#111;n"><st1:City w:st="&#111;n">Norwalk</st1:City></st1lace> virus reported at two B.C. hospitals
Two Vancouver-area hospitals have reported an outbreak of the highly contagious intestinal bug known as the <st1:City w:st="&#111;n"><st1lace w:st="&#111;n">Norwalk</st1lace></st1:City> virus.
<st1:PlaceName w:st="&#111;n">Burnaby General</st1:PlaceName> <st1:Place w:st="&#111;n">Hospital</st1lace> and <st1lace w:st="&#111;n">St. Vincent</st1lace>'s Langara long-term care facility are the first Canadian hospitals to report a major outbreak of the virus this year. With 90 people affected by the virus to date, patients at the hospitals are very concerned. Hospital officials believe a visitor brought the virus. We've had a total of 27 patients who've been ill with stomach flu, <st1lace w:st="&#111;n"><st1:City w:st="&#111;n">Norwalk</st1:City></st1lace> virus if you will, and 47 staff members. Burnaby General has closed two wards, while St. Vincent's has isolated one wing, with only one <st1:City w:st="&#111;n"><st1lace w:st="&#111;n">Norwalk</st1lace></st1:City> case confirmed.
The hospitals have also placed hand sanitizer beside the hospital door, because, according to Bower, "hand-washing is the absolute strongest and best way to contain it." Hospital officials at Burnaby General are calling hospital's outbreak an emergency situation, and it will remain one until no patients experience flu-like symptoms for another 72 hours.


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