More than 400 students in east China’s Zhejiang Province have been infected with norovirus, a common cause of viral gastroenteritis, local authorities said Wednesday.
The students from several schools in Haining City and Haiyan County, including kindergartens and middle schools, are receiving treatment in local hospitals, according to the municipal government of Jiaxing City, which administers the two places.
No deaths have been reported so far, according to the government.
Classes will be suspended on Thursday and Friday but are expected to resume on Monday.
The outbreak began on Feb. 11 in Haining and Feb. 13 in Haiyan.
It is suspected that the outbreak was caused by barrelled water. All the affected schools have been using barrelled water with the same brand, said Yang Jing, head of the provincial health and family planning commission.
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