Have just been checking out the weekly infectious disease reports from the UK Health Protection Agency and it seems that the rate of Norovirus infections that have been reported are now in decline for 2006:-


Week 1: 123 reports


Week 2: 108 reports


Week 3: 34 reports


Week 4: 42 reports


Week 5: 13 reports


There have been 320 reported cases (to the HPA) so far this year, which is down on last years 810 to this point in the year. The pattern is also the same for Rotavirus, and again there are only half the number of reported cases this year compared to last. All of this is in the face of increased reporting this year, so it seems the epidemiological evidence is that in the UK it appears to be alight year so far.


Hope people find this useful,





Iain