Hanya: 35 schoolchildren from Athens got to the hospital with Norovirus (video)

35 students of Athenian schools, during a multi -day trip to Hanyu, showed symptoms of gastroenteritis, and they were taken to the hospital in an emergency department.

The results of the tests found the presence of a norovirus*. After the first aid, schoolchildren were released, they did not require hospitalization. However, prescribed recommendations for their isolation in separate rooms were followed.

Hanya's public health reaction followed immediately. The hotel where the guide lived, water samples and foods were taken. It is confirmed that the cause of the manifestations of gastroenteritis was a novirus, which is very easily transmitted from person to person. The final results of environmental tests are expected.

In October last year, our publication told how in 24 hours to Hanya's General Profile Hospital Dozens of patients with gastroenteritis symptoms have arrived. Most of them, 27 people, young people aged 18 to 23 years, among them 12 students. The surprise of the doctors was caused by the fact that The source of infection is not established – all the sick live in different areas of Hanya.

This is a “subcontacle virus”, the symptoms of which are not associated with food, the head of the hospital noted and asked people not to panic. We are talking about a norovirus that discovered after the initial examination In the hospital, several patients received.

*Norovirus, also known as the noruel virus and sometimes called the disease of winter vomiting, is the most common cause of gastroenteritis. Infection is characterized by bloodless diarrhea, vomiting and pain in the stomach. Feom or headaches may also occur.

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