SERAMBINEWS.COM, ZIGONG- A new outbreak of “norovirus” hit the southwestern province of Sichuan China, infected more than 50 children.
The virus recently broke out in a kindergarten in Zigong City, where children are experiencing vomiting caused by the norovirus, reports the Global Times.
Norovirus is a highly contagious virus, which causes vomiting and diarrhea.
People of all ages can become infected with the virus that spreads easily.
Patients infected with norovirus can shed billions of virus particles, but only a few of them can make other people sick.
“After epidemiological investigations and nucleic acid tests, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) confirmed that the vomiting was caused by a norovirus infection,” the Health Ministry said.
The authorities added that all the children were in stable condition and were receiving treatment in hospital with mild symptoms.
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Over the past month, the virus has hit a number of schools and universities in Liaoning Province. China northeast, and Shanxi in China north.
So far, a vaccine for norovirus is not yet available on the market.
Norovirus infects 685 million people worldwide each year and is increasingly becoming a public health problem China.
In February 2019, the authorities China approved clinical trials for the world’s first tetravalent vaccine against this virus.
The vaccine, after four years of development, could theoretically prevent 80 to 90 percent of norovirus infections, according to the Xinhua News Agency.(AnadoluAgency)
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