I'll Be HOME for the Holidays: Killer Virus is Spreading in the UK

MILLIONS face being struck down by a deadly winter vomiting bug that is sweeping the UK.

Hospitals have been forced to close wards to new patients as they struggle to cope with the influx of norovirus sufferers. One of London’s leading hospitals has even had to turn away 999 emergency patients after being overwhelmed with cases of the virus.

At its height last year the virus 3 million people where affected. The virus causes projectile vomiting, diarrhoea, mild fever and headaches. The illness can prove deadly for the vulnerable – children and the elderly.

St George’s hospital, one of London’s three major trauma centres, was forced to turn away ambulances last Monday because it had run out of beds.

“Christmas and New Years are a notoriously busy time and the fact that hospitals can’t cope already is very, very ominous. Winter and Christmas are always extremely difficult for hospitals." said Geoff Martin, of the group Health Emergency.

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