Prevention better than post-op: UK Potters Holiday Resort Norovirus outbreak costs £250,000

An outbreak of the Norovirus winter vomiting bug at a holiday village, which affected over 100 guests, has cost the company at least £250,000.

norovirus-2Potters Resort at Hopton-on-Sea near Great Yarmouth closed on Monday after a number of cases the previous week.

The resort has undergone midweek cleaning and reopened to 750 guests on Friday afternoon.

Potters said the costs were a combination of lost trade and the clean-up operation.