IOC talking about norovirus flare-up, more cases revealed

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Olympic authorities are talking about measures to battle the spread of an infection that causes regurgitating and looseness of the bowels after 42 new cases were affirmed at the Winter Games, a Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) official said on Friday.

Subsequent to ascending from an underlying 32 norovirus cases on Tuesday to 54 on Wednesday, the figure had ascended to 128 starting late Thursday, with a large portion of those influenced security work force, the KCDC said.

The infection broke out in front of Friday's opening service in Pyeongchang and prompted somewhere in the range of 1,200 security staff being isolated. Coordinators have needed to bring in military faculty to supplant them.

So far, no competitors have been affirmed to have gotten the exceptionally infectious infection. An episode finally year's World Athletics Championship in London constrained contenders from a few nations to miss occasions.

Su Mun-gyo, a KCDC advertising official, revealed to Reuters the International Olympic Committee (IOC) were talking about the issue.

"The IOC is meeting at the present time about the Winter Olympics and countermeasures to the norovirus is one of the points," Su said. "We will then report the consequences of the discourses and refresh the quantity of cases once more."

Wellbeing offices are attempted cleanliness investigations at convenience and eateries, and additionally making keeps an eye on drinking and faucet water.

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