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STANSBURY PARK — A case of norovirus was confirmed at Bonneville Academy in Tooele County just a few days after 600 students in Utah County stayed home following a warning from officials of a possible outbreak of the virus in local schools.
Bonneville Academy school officials sent a letter to parents and staff at the Stansbury Park public charter school Monday after the virus was confirmed, according to an emailed statement from the school.
Norovirus is an extremely infectious virus that causes vomiting, diarrhea, stomach pain and body aches, according to the Centers for Disease Control. The virus is spread by contact with a sick individual, contaminated surfaces or food and can even be spread by smelling the vomit of someone who is sick.
The school urged parents to keep ill children at home and wait three days to send them to school again after symptoms of the virus vanish.
After the Alpine School District [sent a similar warning to parents in Saratoga Springs and Eagle Mountain](<https://www.ksl.com/article/46386621/norovirus-breaks-out-in-saratoga-springs-eagle-mountain-schools-officials-say' target=>) Wednesday, 600 students in Utah County stayed home the next day and several more vomited at school.
The virus may have also already spread to more Utah communities, and about 40 to 50 people in Ogden were infected at the end of August after a church party, officials said.
