Canadian athletes careful of norovirus
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Be wary of the salad dressing bottle.
MILAN – Be wary of the salad dressing bottle.
That’s among the advice given to the Canadian women’s hockey team to avoid the norovirus that has made news in their sport early in the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
Canada’s opening game Thursday against Finland was postponed to Feb. 12 because of a norovirus outbreak among the Finns.
One Swiss player also isolated with the stomach virus, but Canada’s game Saturday night against Switzerland was expected to be played.
“The biggest thing was just being super-diligent in the common spaces in the village,” said Canadian women’s team forward Blayre Turnbull on Saturday afternoon.
“In the dining hall specifically, there’s some items that are shared with all in the nations. Normally, you take your tray and the staff there serve your food, but there’s condiments like salad dressings and stuff like that that are communal.
“We’ve been washing our hands with soap and water like mad. More handwashing than I’ve ever done in my life for sure.
“People can wear masks if they choose to, medical gloves to touch the dressing bottles and whatnot. Otherwise, we’re just trying to stick with our group and making sure that we’re keeping our distance from other teams.”
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