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Visiting restrictions are in place at two wards at Portiuncula University Hospital (PUH), as the hospital deals with a Norovirus outbreak.
Visits to the two affected wards are being restricted to those who have reason to visit on compassionate grounds.
To arrange a visit on compassionate grounds, people are asked to contact the ward manager in advance.
Anyone with recent symptoms of diarrhoea or vomiting, or who has had contact with others who have these symptoms, should not visit patients in the hospital to avoid spreading the virus to sick vulnerable patients.
To minimise the risk of catching an infection while visiting, PUH is advising those with any symptoms, to not visit until all symptoms are fully resolved for at least 48 hours.
People are also asked to clean their hands thoroughly, to speak to a member of staff upon arrival on the ward, and not to use patient toilets on the wards or en-suites.
The hospital thanked members of the public for their co-operation.
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