Hospital visitor 'stay away' plea

A hospital has told visitors to stay away if they have had diarrhoea or vomiting in a bid to protect patients from a widespread seasonal stomach bug.

The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital has already closed one ward because of the Norovirus bug.

Doctors are now stressing children are at especially high risk.

The gastroentiritis bug is affecting schools and children under the age of 16 should not visit the hospital unless for treatment or compassionate reasons.

Dr Judith Richards, consultant medical microbiologist at the hospital, said: "Please do not visit hospital if you have recently had a sickness bug or been in close contact with someone who has had.

"We are asking people not to visit in order to protect our patients from this bug which is circulating in the local community."