Hospitals and nursing homes report surge in winter vomiting bug

MEDICAL experts are reporting a significant surge in the winter vomiting bug in nursing homes and hospitals around the country.

Strict visitor restrictions were introduced yesterday by management at St Mary’s Orthopaedic Hospital in Cork, due to an outbreak of the highly infectious virus.

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) confirmed yesterday there had been a recent upsurge in the incidence of norovirus, commonly known as the winter vomiting bug.