32 sick: Noro in Hong Kong kindy, but advice sucks

Are there paper towels in the bathrooms at this school?

That’s the first thing I look for.

Soap?

This is some bureaucrat BS issued by the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health (DH) which investigating an outbreak of norovirus gastroenteritis in a kindergarten in Hung Hom, and hence appealed to the public and management of institutions to maintain strict personal and environmental hygiene.

 The 32 affected pupils, 17 boys and 15 girls aged from 2 to 3, have presented with vomiting and diarrhoea since September 24. Among them, 22 sought medical attention and two were discharged after hospitalisation. All are now in a stable condition.

   The stool specimen of one pupil tested positive for norovirus upon laboratory testing by the hospital concerned.

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