Suspected Norovirus infection for 52 students in St. Mary’s College, Thrissur
The Hindu
This is the first time Norovirus infection has been reported from Thrissur.
has been suspected for 52 students in the hostel of St. Mary’s College, Thrissur. Health officials suspect that the infection must have spread through the food or drinking water distributed in the hostel.
Students have been consulting with the doctors for symptoms such as diarrhea, vomiting, nausea and fever since November 8, according to the college authorities. But nobody suspected it as norovirus infection.
The health officials noticed it when a group of students of the college went for treatment at Thrissur General Hospital recently. They sent the samples to the Virology laboratory in Alappuzha.
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