At least 41 security guards have tested positive for the virus, which causes stomach pain and diarrhea, according to South Korea’s national news agency Yonhap. Around 1,200 security staff members have been kept in their rooms while they wait to be tested for the highly contagious virus, Olympic representatives said during a news conference Tuesday. Olympic officials are scrambling to contain an outbreak of the norovirus that has sickened dozens of security guards days ahead of the official kickoff of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Games . The outbreak appears to be centred on security staff members lodging near Olympic sites, but the precise source is unclear. The first staff members affected were housed in Jinbu, Christophe Dubi, the executive director of the Olympic Games, said Tuesday.

Source: thestar February 06, 2018 16:41 UTC