Norovirus Strikes 86 at Illinois Nursing Home
Published: January 24th, 2012 • No Comments
A massive norovirus outbreak has hit an Illinois nursing home, sickening 86 people.
Lake Forest Place nursing home reported on Monday that 50 staff members and 36 residents were suffering from norovirus, a gastrointestinal illness usually caused by food poisoning. State officials say the outbreak may have hit other nursing homes, but refused to release information on those facilities, according to a story in the Chicago Sun-Times.
The illness started among Lake Forest residents, but then hit staff members tending them, officials say. The nursing home will not say whether any residents who had the virus died, but stated that there have been no deaths “directly attributable” to the illnesses.
The outbreak appears to have started on Saturday, January 14, in the independent living portion of the facility.
