Even while walking pneumonia continues to rage and seasonal flu is beginning to fade, norovirus, sometimes known as the “winter vomiting disease” or “two-bucket disease” because it causes both vomiting and diarrhoea, is spreading across the country.
Norovirus has significantly increased in recent weeks, with rates far higher than in previous years, according to wastewater data and reports from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
The week of December 5 saw at least 91 outbreaks, more than twice as many as had been recorded during the same period in previous years. How can you prevent contracting norovirus?
Some have referred to noroviruses as “the perfect human pathogens.” They are a very infectious stomach illness that produces fever, headache, body pains, and severe vomiting and diarrhoea.
On surfaces and in the air as microscopic vomit droplets, it spreads quickly and widely. After suffering for days, the majority of patients eventually recover completely.
Every year, individuals may get a norovirus because it mutates. Although they may happen at any time, outbreaks are most frequent between November and April.
