Thursday, January 3, 2008

GPs urge millions hit by bug to stay at home

By Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor and Aislinn Simpson Last Updated: 2:14am GMT 03/01/2008

Doctors' leaders warned people struck down by a violent stomach bug sweeping the country not to return to work as GPs reported that they were being inundated by sufferers.
More than 100,000 people a week are catching norovirus, which causes sudden vomiting and diarrhoea, and the numbers contracting the disease will peak this month.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=JVIUMWJCPEJI5QFIQMGCFFWAVCBQUIV0?xml=/news/2008/01/03/nnoro103.xml

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