DOCTORS were today hopeful that the Norwalk virus outbreak at York Hospital was at an end, despite three more patients suffering diarrhoea and vomiting symptoms.
All wards are now open to admissions after the number of people suffering symptoms reduced.
A total of 82 patients and 26 staff have been struck by Norwalk virus over the past two weeks. At its peak, five wards were closed to admissions.
Now three more patients have started suffering symptoms, although they have not been confirmed as having Norwalk.
A spokesman for York Health Services NHS Trust said: "We are hopeful that the outbreak has come to an end, and tests will be carried out later today."
Updated: 15:32 Friday, December 20, 2002
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