Visitor warning over bug outbreak

Health chiefs are urging visitors to stay away from a hospital in Norfolk after the latest outbreak of Norovirus.

Restrictions have been imposed on two wards, Knapton and Holt, at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.

The bug causes sickness and diarrhoea and is very easily spread, particularly where people are in close proximity.

A recent outbreak of the virus at the Henderson ward of the Julian Hospital in Norwich affected 12 patients and about five members of staff.

No treatment

The ward has been temporarily closed to any new admissions while the outbreak is brought under control.

NHS Norfolk said a number of care homes and schools have been affected by the latest outbreak.

The virus lasts around two days and no treatment is required.

However, even after the symptoms have cleared up people may still carry the virus and infect others up to three days after their own symptoms have stopped.