Friday, February 16, 2018

Two Swiss athletes have the norovirus. Yikes

National Post Staff National Post Staff
Two Swiss skiers are the first athletes to be diagnosed with norovirus at the Olympics. Paul Chiasson / THE CANADIAN PRESS

 You never want to be known as the first team diagnosed with norovirus at the Olympics. Sorry, Switzerland. One of the athletes is freestyle skier Fabian Boesch. The other skier has not been named because their family hasn’t been informed yet.

“Everyone else is safe. We did everything we could,” a spokesperson told Reuters. “We took them away from the rest of the team and now they have to recover.”

The outbreak started last week when 1,200 people working Olympic security were taken off the job after 41 guards fell ill...http://thestarphoenix.com/sports/olympics/while-you-were-sleeping-two-swiss-athletes-have-the-norovirus-yikes/wcm/ff26357e-c6b5-408f-97ac-0568bfab4d30
 
Related: Norovirus: Public Health Agency of Canada

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