Bosses at Dewsbury Hospital in Yorkshire say they have had to do it to protect patients from the spread of winter-related illnesses. A spokeswoman for the hospital said the decision had not been taken lightly but she said the most important thing was to protect patients, particularly elderly ones, reports Examiner Live . She said: "We restricted visits across all three sites to minimise the risk of spreading the virus and yesterday we took the decision to close Dewsbury Hospital to visitors. The spokeswoman said anyone who has diarrhoea and flu symptoms should be encouraged to leave their hospital visits to another time when they have recovered from them. On Thursday it was reported that hospitals in England closed more than 1,100 beds in the past week because of the winter vomiting bug norovirus.

Source: Daily Mirror December 07, 2019 12:45 UTC