South Dakota - Norovirus cases 2013

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Norovirus Forces School District To Close On Friday

February 8, 2013, 12:46 PM by Stephanie Gregory

BRIDGEWATER, SD -
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The Bridgewater-Emery district closed its doors to students because so many of them have been sick.

On Thursday, 70 students were absent along with three teachers. With the classrooms empty on Friday, staff are going around cleaning every inch of the building using a disinfectant.
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http://www.keloland.com/newsdetail....school-district-to-close-on-friday/?id=143612

 

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Re: South Dakota - Norovirus cases 2013

Illness Spreads Through Bridgewater/ Emery School

February 8, 2013, 5:05 PM by Stephanie Gregory
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"It came on very quickly. There would be a kid in a classroom and all of a sudden it would just come on in a hurry and there wasn't any warning, even the high school kids couldn't feel it coming on," Bailey said.

Illness spread through the entire Bridgewater/Emery School District and now the staff is trying to wash all the germs away.

The South Dakota Department of Health says lately there have been many
outbreaks of norovirus scattered across the state. Bridgewater is the latest stop and the illness is hitting exceptionally hard.
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Bailey says they will talk with parents to see how students are doing and possibly have school on Monday.
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"Unfortunately, you know it's an outbreak here. I guess you could call it an epidemic and we're doing what we can to address it," Bailey said.
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http://www.keloland.com/newsdetail.cfm/illness-spreads-through-bridgewater-emery-school/?id=143617