Victoria experiencing surge in gastroenteritis cases at childcare centres – NEWS.com.au

Victorian health officials have issued an urgent gastroenteritis outbreak alert for childcare centres with the return to school sparking case numbers four times higher than the five-year rolling average.Parents and carers have been recommended to keep young children at home if they are sick amid a rapid rise in the number of reported cases.
Most of the current outbreaks are suspected or confirmed to be caused by the person-to-person transmission.
“Gastroenteritis is highly infectious and is caused…

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