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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Angela Giuffrida

Swedish mountain lodge closes as stomach bug spreads among hikers

People hiking on Kebnekaise, Lapland, Sweden
People hiking on Kebnekaise. All but two guests, who were too ill to travel, have left the mountain lodge. Photograph: Folio Images/Alamy

A popular lodge on Sweden’s highest peak has been forced to temporarily close after a stomach bug rapidly spread among hikers.

STF Kebnekaise mountain station, which lies at the foot of the 2,096m Kebnekaise massif, had quarantined several guests who had caught the bug in recent days but decided to take a more drastic measure after it was also detected in hikers camping in the area.

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