A VIOLENT stomach bug is spreading across the Fraser Coast, infecting dozens of people in the past week.
The outbreak of gastroenteritis has inundated home doctors, and is putting a strain on the region’s hospitals.
House Call Doctor’s Assistant Clinical Director Dr Ryan Harvey said this particularly aggressive bug had been making people sick across the state.
He said it appeared to be a far more virulent strain than in previous years, with a 15% increase in the number of people with gastroenteritis being admitted to hospitals.
“It is worse than what we have seen and causing worse illness,” he said.
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