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SALT LAKE CITY — A highly contagious norovirus that has wreaked havoc across the Wasatch Front the past few weeks has made its way to two schools in the Salt Lake City School District, officials said Monday.
Three total cases have been confirmed as of Monday, district officials wrote in a statement Monday that was posted to its Facebook page. Two of the cases were reported at Highland High School and another was reported at the Salt Lake Center of Science Education.
Health officials said a child feeling sick should not go to class if they feel sick and upward of 48 hours after symptoms stop. Symptoms of the norovirus include diarrhea, vomiting, nausea and stomach pain.
Norovirus outbreaks have caused plenty of problems since late August. On Aug. 31, Weber-Morgan Health Department officials said up to 50 people reported having symptoms of the norovirus after a church party earlier in the month.
Utah County Health Department officials reported a norovirus breakout at schools in Saratoga Springs and Eagle Mountain less than a week later. More than 600 students in the county stayed home from school by Sept. 6 because of the gastrointestinal illness.
A case of the illness was also reported at the Bonneville Academy in Tooele County on Sept. 10.
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, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
