Norovirus outbreak

About 100 guests and employees at a Hilton hotel near Dulles International

Airport have been sickened by the highly contagious norovirus, forcing the

hotel to stop taking reservations as it sanitizes the building, authorities

said last night [18 Jan 2007]. By yesterday, dozens of guests had accepted

offers to move to hotels in the area, although others remained at the

Hilton Washington Dulles Hotel. Late last night, the Fairfax County Health

Department confirmed that the sickness was caused by norovirus infection,

sometimes called "the cruise ship illness" because of outbreaks in recent

years. The Herndon area hotel said that on Tuesday [16 Jan 2007] night,

some guests began complaining of gastrointestinal distress, including

nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.

 

...better start wearing a rubber...