Wards cleared of virus re-open

Three wards at a hospital serving Norfolk and north Suffolk have opened again after being cleared of norovirus.

But one ward at the James Paget Hospital, Gorleston, remains closed because of the winter vomiting bug.

The James Paget Hospital is still on black alert, meaning no new admissions are being taken except urgent surgical procedures or emergency cases.

All three of Norfolk's main hospitals have been affected by norovirus over the past month.

They are the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and the James Paget Hospital.

Nick Coveney, director of nursing and patient services at the James Paget said: "We continue to ask patients and visitors to be extra vigilant.

"Please do not visit if you have symptoms of diarrhoea and/or vomiting or have been in close contact with someone who has over the past two days."