Winter bug closes five wards

​FIVE hospital wards have been closed in latest Norovirus outbreak.

Health chiefs at the Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust are reporting a drop in the number of norovirus cases.Five wards remain closed to new admissions at the RCH in Treliske with two wards, one at RCH and one at the West Cornwall, having bays that have been isolated..

Visiting restrictions remain in place at all three hospitals - Royal Cornwall, West Cornwall and St Michael's - to only those patients who are critically ill. A hospital spokesperson thanked the public saying it had responded well to the call not to visit the hospital unless absolutely necessary.

The vast majority of planned surgery is still going ahead as scheduled and outpatient clinics are running as normal. Patients will be contacted by hospital staff if there is any change their appointment.

Patients, or those visiting someone who is critically ill, who have been unwell with sickness and diarrhoea themselves should stay away from hospital for at least 48 hours after symptoms have passed.