Norovirus kills 5 in Zambo
“These four hospitals have already exceeded their alert and outbreak thresholds for the number of AGE cases that were admitted,” Agbulos pointed out.[]
He warned earlier that norovirus is highly contagious, and is primarily transmittable via person-to-person contact. “While it is alarming being viral, it is also self-limiting. It will die on its own within five to seven days, even without antibiotics,” he noted.
The government doctor also strongly recommended early rehydration.
“Drink more, more Oresol. If the pain is severe, which normally begins with severe gastric pains, the patient must not take this for granted,” Agbulos said.
“Eighteen to 1,000 viral particles constitute a single infectious dose of norovirus and a droplet of an infected person’s vomitus is more than enough to infect even up to 100,000 persons,” he elaborated.[]
