MARYLAND: Norovirus sickens 65 at medical meeting - (New York Times)
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LARGO, Md. — Health officials were cited as saying that more than 60 people fell ill with the stomach flu after attending a medical convention, with several reporting symptoms as they prepared to leave on flights from Washington.
Many of the victims came forward Friday, the day after attending the meeting Thursday at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Md.
Rob Yingling, spokesman for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, was cited as saying the illnesses were first noted when officials received calls from about a dozen sick people Thursday evening at Reagan National Airport.
The travelers had similar symptoms, including nausea
Staff members of the Prince George’s County health department interviewed resort workers and inspected the center to determine what caused the illness. A private company has already started cleaning, health officials said.
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