Signs at the Marne Street Hospital in Dunedin have discouraged unwell visitors, and visitors who have recently been ill, from entering the facility this week. PHOTOS: STEPHEN JAQUIERY
However, health authorities had no information yesterday about how many people at Marne Street Hospital had been affected, nor how serious the impact had been among residents.
Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora (HNZ) was notified of the outbreak on January 14.
There had been no new norovirus cases among residents in the past four days, southern medical officer of health John Eastwood said yesterday.
Norovirus causes vomiting and diarrhoea and is highly infectious.
It is the most common cause of gastroenteritis outbreaks in rest homes and hospitals in New Zealand.
"People visiting aged residential care hospitals and rest homes are reminded to stay at home if they are unwell and not to visit until they have been symptom-free for 48 hours," Prof Eastwood said.
