Norovirus cases are at their highest number for more than a decade in the UK. Hospital beds are filling up with patients while care homes have also been heavily affected by the outbreak.
Laboratory reports of the highly infectious stomach bug are more than double the five-season average before the coronavirus pandemic, according to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). It is easily spread through contact with someone with the infection or with contaminated surfaces, reports Manchester Live.
But what should you be looking out for if you think you might have caught the virus, also known as the 'winter vomiting bug'? What are the symptoms of norovirus?
