THE number of winter vomiting bug cases has soared in the past year, health officials have said.
THE number of winter vomiting bug cases has soared in the past year, health officials have said.
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MARTIN WILLIAMS
During the first 44 weeks of 2012, there were 2016 laboratory reports of norovirus received by Health Protection Scotland (HPS), a rise of 631 (46%) compared to the 1385 received in the same period last year. HPS says 131 of the cases occurred during two weeks in October. In week 43 there were 48 reports rising to 83 the following week.
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