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| 166 children fall ill with vomiting bug in major outbreak at same English primary school | 166 children fall ill with vomiting bug in major outbreak at same English primary school |
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| Scores of children and teachers were sent home after a vomiting bug hit a school primary in the northern English city of Sheffield. | Scores of children and teachers were sent home after a vomiting bug hit a school primary in the northern English city of Sheffield. |
| A total of 166 kids and three members of staff at Intake Primary School were registered as off sick in recent days as parents fear a major outbreak of winter norovirus. | A total of 166 kids and three members of staff at Intake Primary School were registered as off sick in recent days as parents fear a major outbreak of winter norovirus. |
| “We have taken advice from environmental health and public health,” a school spokeswoman said. | “We have taken advice from environmental health and public health,” a school spokeswoman said. |
| “People are saying it’s the norovirus but there is no confirmed diagnosis yet.” | “People are saying it’s the norovirus but there is no confirmed diagnosis yet.” |
| A spokeswoman for Taylor Shaw food services, which caters for the school, told RT: “All we can tell you it’s a vomiting bug, not food poisoning.” | |
| Earlier last month a school in Gloucestershire was closed suddenly due to an outbreak of a sickness bug, also believed to be norovirus. | |
| The Longney C of E Primary School, in the Severnside village, which closed on a Friday, was deep-cleaned over the weekend and reopened on Monday. | |
| The school has since told reporters there will be a “deep clean” of its premises. The cause of the vomiting bug is as yet unconfirmed. |