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Nate Broughton, president of the Central Student Association at the University of Guelph, says he’s reminding his fellow students to wash their hands and stay safe after a number of students have fallen ill. Public health says there’s been a lab-confirmed case of norovirus in the university’s on-campus residence.
There are now 234 cases of students with the stomach flu at the University of Guelph in southern Ontario, and at least one of those is a lab-confirmed case of norovirus.
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health confirmed the number of cases Monday afternoon. The regional health unit said unless there was a significant increase, it would no longer be reporting case numbers.
The school said on Wednesday that some students living in residence started to report symptoms a week earlier. By mid-week, at least 60 cases were reported to public health. By Friday, that had more than tripled to 190.
The university has said the majority of the …
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