Stomach bug hits Island | Bermuda Body & Soul

Stomach bug hits Island | Bermuda Body & Soul

Many of the current cases appear to have passed from person to person, a feature of the norovirus and rotavirus. A chart supplied by the Department of Health describes symptoms of the norovirus as nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramping, diarrhoea, fever, myalgia and headache. Rotavirus symptoms include vomiting, watery diarrhoea and a low-grade fever. Persons exposed the norovirus may experience symptoms 12 to 48 hours later and can expect to be unwell for 12 to 60 hours.