Norovirus cases are rapidly increasing in South Korea...The number of patients at the beginning of the year is the highest in 5 years

At the beginning of this year, the number of norovirus cases in South Korea reached the highest level in five years, prompting a warning. On the 28th, South Korea's National Institute of Environmental Science published the ``Small Water Facility Users''
According to the ``Norovirus Management Materials in Groundwater'', norovirus mainly occurs in winter, and when infected, symptoms of enteritis such as diarrhea, nausea, and abdominal pain appear. The average incubation period is 12 to 48 hours.
be. To prevent norovirus, you should boil water as much as possible before drinking it, and carefully manage underground water septic tanks and sewage pipes to prevent pollutants from flowing into ground water.
Both are important. In addition, local governments conduct regular water quality tests for small-scale water facilities, regularly clean water tanks once every six months, and install water treatment equipment such as chlorine disinfection.
Must be inspected. This emphasis on prevention against norovirus is due to the rapid increase in the number of patients over the past five years.
According to the Korea Disease Control Agency, the number of new cases at the beginning of the year in the past five years is 3 in 2020.
353 new cases per week, 183 per eight weeks in 2021, 190 per four weeks in 2022, 281 per five weeks in 2023, and 360 per two weeks in 2024.
Lee Soo-hyun, director of environmental science research at the National Institute of Environmental Sciences, said, ``Ensuring food safety is an important issue that is directly connected to the health of the people, so we will continue to utilize small-scale facilities.''
We will make every effort to prevent food poisoning accidents in the areas where we use our products."