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Authorities have reached to the conclusion that the abrupt and fast-spread norovirus outbreak that affected almost half the residents at a Victoria, B.C., seniors’ home might just be vanishing away after having caused death of almost nine of the victims. Authorities have now begun investigating how the virus was able to affect so many people in such short time. Reports allege that a total of 106 residents at the Selkirk Place nursing home, out of the total 200, were sickened, along with 53 staff members.
Chief medical health officer for the Vancouver Island Health Authority, Dr. Richard Stanwick, mentioned on Wednesday that only 11 residents are still showing symptoms. He further shared that in case no new case is reported from the care home in the next 48 hours, the outbreak will be declared over. Stanwick elucidated that the strain of norovirus that breached the home on July 11 was likely “the garden variety,” and not the latest and more intense strain detected in Australia and the U.S. last year.
It was speculated that given that so many people became ill so quickly, i.e. an estimate of 40 were affected within 24 hours of the first case, it was most likely spread from a common source like a sick staff member, visitor or contaminated food. Infectious diseases expert, Dr. Neil Rau, commented that “to me, it raises the possibility that this could be a slight change in the strain of norovirus from what we had seen during the past season,” adding that “but we need more testing.”
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