Arkansas - Norovirus cases 2013

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Norovirus forces local school to close

<!--sub headline-->Hundreds of students sick, officials disinfecting everything

Published 2:50 AM CST Jan 22, 2013

Hellstern Middle School in Springdale was closed on Friday after more than 300 students called in sick or left early on Thursday. Samples that were sent to the Arkansas State Health Department revealed it was norovirus.
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?Around 220 actual absences on Thursday, and then 94 or 95 actually left school that day with symptoms of norovirus,? Springdale schools spokesperson Rick Schaeffer said. ?I was talking to the secretary Monday, and she said it was nonstop answering the phone in the morning; my son won?t be there or my daughter won?t be there. She said she?d never seen anything like that.?
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Norovirus forces local schools to close again

<!--sub headline-->Hundreds are sick, and the cleaning process continues for a local school district

Published 11:55 PM CST Jan 31, 2013

Two school districts are canceling classes because hundreds of kids are sick. Schools in Jay, Okla. will be out Friday because of the flu, and the Lincoln school district in Arkansas has closed for the second time this week because so many kids are sick again with a stomach bug. 40/29 News spoke with an expert who says there's really only one way to kill the bug.

Students in Lincoln will be out of school until Tuesday. The superintendent hopes the four-day weekend gives kids a chance to get better.
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Lincoln Superintendent Clay Hendrix told 40/29 that 15 to 20 kids were being sent home every hour on Thursday, forcing schools to close their doors and start the cleaning process all over again.


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