More than 150 cases of gastroenteritis have been reported at the University of Guelph.
Dr. Nicola Mercer, the medical officer of health for Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health, added those are only the cases they know about.
“Which actually, probably, means we have a lot more,” she told CTV News Thursday.
Symptoms of gastroenteritis include vomiting and diarrhea.
The most common cause is the Norovirus.
“We haven’t identified the virus yet but we’re pretty sure it’s Norovirus. It looks like it, it’s behaving like it, the epidemiology, the spread,” said Mercer. “When it hits, it hits really hard.”
Symptoms can last anywhere from 12 to 24 hours.
“This virus, it’s nasty,” explained Mercer. “Anything that you’re touching, handrails, taps when you’re washing your hands. And then you may be accidentally touching your eye, your mouth. You’re bringing it into your body. It doesn’t take much to make you sick.”
Sixty cases of gastroenteritis were reported by Wednesdayand at noon on Thursday, there were between 120 and 130. Hours later, the total number of confirmed …