Restaurants - incubators

Epidemiologists have found that often the source of outbreaks of norovirus infection ( "intestinal flu"), wrote Live Science. For example, in the years 2009-2012 in the United States was over 1000 outbreaks of infection associated with food poisoning. As a result, affected more than 21000 people.

And the 64% of outbreaks occur in restaurants, 17% - in the banquet halls, 4% - in private homes, 1% - in schools, kindergartens, on cruise ships. In 70% of cases the source of infection was a sick employee catering system. Before serving dishes on the table, he could touch the food with their bare hands. A norovirus is very contagious and is spread by contact with a sick person or through food.

It causes diarrhea, vomiting. The most common signs of norovirus can be found in leafy vegetables, on fruit, shellfish. If a person works in a restaurant and have signs of infection, it is better to stay at home for at least 48 hours. Meanwhile, according to the survey, about one in five workers of public catering system, at least once in the past year come to work sick.