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New Zealand - Norovirus cases 2012

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Norovirus closes two rest homes

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IAN ALLEN
Last updated 11:30 20/04/2012

Two Blenheim rest homes were forced to close their doors this month to prevent an outbreak of vomiting and diarrhoea spreading into the wider community.

Waterlea Rest Home and Bethsaida Retirement Village restricted movement in and out of their premises for several days as residents and staff were struck down by the virus.

Nelson Marlborough District Health Board medical officer of health Ed Kiddle confirmed the bug at Waterlea Rest Home as norovirus.

The outbreak at Bethsaida Retirement Village had all the symptoms of norovirus without being confirmed, Mr Kiddle said.

Waterlea Rest Home manager Kathy Hargreaves said the building was in complete lockdown for nine days until yesterday.

However, precautions remained in place and the rest home would not return to normal until Monday, she said.

Waterlea Rest Home clinical manager Penny Tuckerman said masks and gloves were being provided for family members wanting to visit.

Nearly 50 residents and eight members of staff had been infected, which is 80 per cent of residents, she said.
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/6777732/Norovirus-closes-two-rest-homes
 
Re: New Zealand - Norovirus cases 2012

Parents warned of norovirus risk

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IAN ALLEN
Last updated 07:22 23/07/2012

Nelson Marlborough medical officer of health Ed Kiddle said norovirus was especially problematic in young people, in particular preschoolers.
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"With schools being back it is important not to send children to school when they are unwell," he said.

"One of the challenges of controlling its spread is to stop people going back to work or school for 48 hours after symptoms cease..

An outbreak of norovirus at Wairau Hospital in Blenheim was confirmed last Friday through results from laboratory tests.

Twenty hospital staff had been struck down by the bug since July 2.

Four patients had similar symptoms of gastroenteritis, vomiting and diarrhoea, but factors other than norovirus could have been the cause.

A health board spokesperson said patients were still presenting at the Wairau Hospital emergency department with norovirus symptoms.

"Clearly it's around with the hospital being affected," Dr Kiddle said.
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Full text:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/7328504/Parents-warned-of-norovirus-risk
 
Re: New Zealand - Norovirus cases 2012

Norovirus surfaces in Northland again

Wed, 19 Sep 2012

A Whangarei rest home is in lockdown after finding 11 cases of norovirus gastroenteritis, which was linked to the deaths of two elderly Northland residents last year.

Ranburn Lifestyle residential rest home, in Waipu, has asked family and friends of residents not to visit until the property is declared free of the disease.

Ron Spraggon, general operating manager of Ultimate Care Group, which runs Ranburn, said there was another suspected norovirus case at the rest home yesterday. As a result, Ranburn was in lockdown until it was sure everybody was clear of the illness.

How the virus got into Ranburn had yet to be established but a health official said it was highly infectious and could be caught from contaminated air particles.

Northland medical officer of health Jonathan Jarman said the Northland District Health Board was notified on September 11 of a possible outbreak of the stomach bug at a rest home and tests had confirmed that it was norovirus.

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http://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/226540/norovirus-surfaces-northland-again
 
Re: New Zealand - Norovirus cases 2012

Virus outbreaks hit young and old

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BRONWYN TORRIE
Last updated 05:00 26/09/2012

Outbreaks of norovirus and rotavirus have been reported at Wellington childcare centres and resthomes.

Regional Public Health had responded to outbreaks of gastroenteritis at four childcare centres and two rest homes since the beginning of the month, medical officer of health Jill McKenzie said.

The number of outbreaks was higher than usual and indicated stomach bugs were circulating in the community.

"The nature of these bugs is they don't tend to infect one person because their viruses are quite infectious.

"It's a good reminder to stay away from work and childcare centres and that people can be infectious even after they feel better."

Tests confirmed norovirus at two rest homes and rotavirus at two childcare centres.

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http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/7728591/Virus-outbreaks-hit-young-and-old
 
Re: New Zealand - Norovirus cases 2012

More cases of Norovirus at Middlemore

Updated at 6:48 pm on 29 September 2012

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A further three patients and three staff members have fallen ill, taking the total number of cases to 18.
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A spokesperson for Middlemore Hospital, Lauren Young, says clinical staff believe the virus is coming in from the community with patients.
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A total of seven patients and 11 staff members have fallen ill since Thursday with suspected cases of the gastroenteritis bug.
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http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/regional/116942/more-cases-of-norovirus-at-middlemore
 
Re: New Zealand - Norovirus cases 2012

Norovirus hits 100 hospital staff and patients

MARIKA HILL
Last updated 11:29 03/10/2012

The number of people infected with norovirus at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital has risen rapidly.

On Saturday four patients and eight staff at the hospital had been infected, but that number jumped to more than 100 today.

Middlemore spokeswoman Lauren Young said 50 staff had been sent home with the virus and 51 patients were affected.
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In Tauranga, about 30 hospital patients were said to have contracted the virus but that number had been downgraded today to less than 20.
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Full text:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/7763006/Norovirus-hits-100-hospital-staff-and-patients
 
Re: New Zealand - Norovirus cases 2012

Norovirus Hits 20 Australians During New Zealand Skiing Holiday

By Esther Tanquintic-Misa | October 3, 2012 6:45 PM EST

The highly contagious norovirus has recently struck some 20 Australians who were out in New Zealand for a skiing holiday.
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Between August and September, the Australians were infected of the virus after drinking allegedly contaminated water in Cardrona town, 40km northeast of Queenstown.

Dr Derek Bell, Public Health South medical officer of health, told AAP that some of the affected Australians were able to recover while still in New Zealand, while others came back home still ill...
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Cardrona, before the group's arrival, had actually put in place a "boil water policy," following the contamination of its drinking water supply by waste water.
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From August 18 up to September 5, there have been 53 reported cases of norovirus in Cardrona, according to the AAP...

Full text:
http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/390617/20121003/new-zeala-nd-australia-norovirus-ski.htm
 
Re: New Zealand - Norovirus cases 2012

Ward shut as hospital fights virus

By Michael Dickison
5:30 AM Thursday Oct 4, 2012

Middlemore Hospital has closed one ward and banned children from visiting as it battles to contain an outbreak of a vicious stomach bug.

Access to other wards has also been restricted.

One hundred and thirteen people - 56 patients and 57 staff - have contracted norovirus.
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At Tauranga Hospital, three wards have been affected by an outbreak of the virus.

"We are asking that anybody who is visiting patients at Middlemore Hospital be well and show no symptoms of illness and have been symptom-free for at least two days," said a hospital spokeswoman.

"No children will be allowed into wards unless it is on compassionate grounds, and Ward 5 has a requirement that visitors [put on] gowns and gloves before visiting affected patients."

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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10838261
 
Re: New Zealand - Norovirus cases 2012

Outbreak adds urgency to wastewater debate

Home ? Your Town ? Queenstown
By Mark Price on Sat, 6 Oct 2012

Health and water authorities believe the norovirus outbreak in the Cardrona Valley has added urgency to the debate over how to dispose of the township's wastewater, the suggestion being raised of piping it to Wanaka.

At least 53 people contracted norovirus in late August and early September, including 15 to 20 Australian tourists.

Public Health South tests found norovirus in the township's water supply and Otago Regional Council director of resource management Dr Selva Selvarajah told the Otago Daily Times this week staff were investigating two sewage disposal systems - one from the Cardrona Hotel and the other from the Braemar Resort.

However, he believed it might not be possible to establish exactly where the source of the problem lay.

Cardrona has three privately owned wastewater treatment plants and a number of septic tank systems.

Dr Selvarajah said the township needed to quickly find a long-term solution to its sewage-disposal problems to ensure the water supply was safe and also to safeguard the region's reputation in the tourism market.

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http://www.odt.co.nz/news/queenstown-lakes/229138/outbreak-adds-urgency-wastewater-debate
 
Re: New Zealand - Norovirus cases 2012

Rise in stomach flu cases

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ELTON SMALLMAN
Last updated 05:00 06/10/2012

Waikato health authorities are on high alert after a surge in the number of patients with gastric bugs.

The spike in "stomach flu" cases follows an outbreak of norovirus at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital, where the number of confirmed cases continues to rise.

Radius Hamilton general manager Navin Rajan said his clinic had experienced a large number of patients arriving with gastric symptoms.

"We are actually receiving quite a number of cases of diarrhoea and tummy bugs so something is definitely happening in Hamilton," Dr Rajan said.

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http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/7777331/Rise-in-stomach-flu-cases
 
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