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Rotenburg , Germany - Norovirus: 14 children in the hospital

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Hostel in Rotenburg temporarily closed

Norovirus: 14 children in the hospitals
021.05.1021.05.10 | Rotenburg

Rotenburg. 14 children and two teachers and one other person has been placed on the night of Friday and the morning in the hospital in Bad Hersfeld and Rotenburg: They suffered from severe abdominal pain, acute diarrhea and vomiting and nausea. Cause is the highly contagious norovirus.

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This was confirmed on Friday noon, Dr. Dieter Gobrecht from the district health office. A rapid test has not provided this result. The students come from southern Hesse and were on class trip to the Youth Hostel in Rotenburg. Which has been closed and is now being disinfected by a professional firm. With adoption of the Norovirus yesterday afternoon is now clear that a previous barbecue has nothing to do with the mass of children have disease 12:00 to 14:00 years. As a precaution, were sealed by the police, samples of food were to be withheld regularly by the food law and will be kept in a freezer. The stated police spokesman Manfred Knoch.

In any case, the hostel is to blame poor hygiene, "said Dr. Gobrecht. The Norovirus is extremely contagious, and you can catch it everywhere, in some bus or on a doorknob. However, had the same hostel in the first abnormalities on Tuesday to inform the authority said Gobrecht. This indicates hostel manager Michael Sulkowski back vehemently. "We have no supervision for the children." One must be sure that every teacher look that his group is healthy. The responsibility lies with the supervisors. After Pentecost the operation of the hostel run as normal, "said Sulkowski. The hostel is only in June 2009 in conjunction with Bad Hersfeld JH with a first been award for "Things to do and excellent infrastructure facilities.

http://www.hersfelder-zeitung.de/na.../norovirus-kinder-krankenhaeusern-773934.html
 
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