Although the effects of the epidemic are gradually passing, a new virus is coming, this time to several countries around the world!

With vomiting and diarrhea, stomach pain, and high contagiousness, the world has entered the high season of norovirus again! China's recent emergence of norovirus in many places, the CDC and many local CDC also issued a health tip

Norovirus entered the high season, especially now is the beginning of the school year, and norovirus also often occurs in, child care institutions, schools, companies should pay attention!

In addition, other parts of the world have also appeared norovirus! For example, seven Canadian provinces have fallen, norovirus infection is still in, continues to show an upward trend

The Public Health Agency of Canada has reported cases of norovirus: in BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador have spread cases

Cases are also soaring in the United Kingdom and the United States According to the CDC report, 225 cases of norovirus were reported between August 1, 2022 and January 8, 2023 through surveillance in 14 states
This is a 30% increase over the same period

Due to the climate in the United States, norovirus often attacks people, each year in the United States norovirus will cause, 20 million people vomiting and diarrhea, 109,000 hospitalizations and 900 deaths, the damage to people is still very big

The United Kingdom this time also can not escape this norovirus, the number of infections is directly higher than the annual average of 66%, can be said to be a surge of

Even the British Health and Safety Authority also said that such a situation is more than ten years never seen, in Australia's autumn and winter, there are often such a large scale infection, even the school gathered

Some people may say that norovirus is not simply diarrhea? There is nothing to be afraid of, but the power of norovirus is much more than that.

Generally October to March every year, is the high incidence of this disease
Once hit, vomiting and diarrhea, severe dehydration, in some cases, can be fatal.

The virus is extremely contagious, with a very small number of viruses transmitting usually as few as 18 viral particles, but a person infected will eliminate billions of viruses at a time!

In a crowded place, one person infected directly infects a group of people!
And the incubation period of this virus is very short usually 24-48 hours, the shortest to 12 hours!

There are many different ways of transmission! Eating the infected virus or water contact with the virus without washing hands, even and norovirus patients in the same room may be infected through the air!