Many students in Harbin were infected with norovirus. Is it caused by unclean food?

From the evening of October 24th to 16:00 on October 25th, Beijing time, 16 students from the Bayan County Senior Middle School in Harbin developed symptoms such as mild vomiting and diarrhea after going to the cafeteria to eat. After the school arranged vehicles to send the students to the People's Hospital for treatment, it was found that all 16 students were infected with norovirus. After a preliminary investigation of the cause of the incident, it was most likely that the students ate unclean food in the canteen, which caused the students to be poisoned. , the school is currently disinfecting the canteen and properly arranging related matters afterwards.

1. What is norovirus. Norovirus, also known as pyogenic virus, is a virus that can cause diarrhea, vomiting, fever, headache and other severe symptoms in the human body. It is very harmful to children. Generally, adults infected with norovirus will experience diarrhea and other related symptoms. The time from infection to the onset of corresponding symptoms is generally 2 to 3 days. This disease is a chronic disease that can be recovered through treatment and does not leaving relevant sequelae. The main characteristics of this disease are a short incubation time, and because it is a virus, it has powerful mutation functions and strong environmental resistance, and can survive in harsh environments and spread quickly.

2. How to prevent norovirus. Most infected people are infected with norovirus due to eating some unclean food. Therefore, they should pay attention to dietary hygiene in daily life, eat more fresh food, and try to use clean water to remove bacteria on the surface before eating fruits and vegetables. Wash well, pay attention to keeping your body warm, and try to avoid going to public places where crowds are too concentrated, such as wet markets and hospitals. In terms of family life, you should drink more salt water, which can only replenish the salt liquid in the body and restore the body's electrolyte and acid-base balance to a normal level in time.

3. Treatment methods after norovirus infection. Norovirus is not a very dangerous virus. Its main harm to the human body is to cause some symptoms such as diarrhea, which can make the human body very weak. However, this disease can be quickly cured through surgery. After being infected with norovirus, you should go to the hospital for medical treatment in time, and mainly eat a light diet and reduce the income from calorie foods, so that you can quickly return to normal.

? Many students in Harbin were infected with norovirus due to unclean food they ate. This has also sounded the alarm to domestic universities and colleges. Supervision should be strengthened in terms of student practices, so that It can effectively prevent the spread and infection of viruses.