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Norovirus Food Poisoning Warning (5th time this year)

"Norovirus food poisoning warning report" was issued throughout prefecture.
The number of patients with infectious gastroenteritis is increasing, and norovirus food poisoning is more likely to occur.
Please wash your hands thoroughly, heat the food sufficiently, and try to manage your physical condition.

[ Announcement period: From March 6 (Wednesday) to March 27 (Wednesday), 2024.]

In order to prevent infectious gastroenteritis caused by norovirus, keep the following points in mind
1. Let's do the hand washing firmly.
Wash your fingers carefully with soap for over 30 seconds and wash off the virus attached to your fingers with running water.
After the toilet, before eating, and after caring for people who have diarrhea or vomiting or waste disposal, be especially careful.
Do not share towels that wipe hands, and use paper towels or personal towels.

　 2. Let the food heat thoroughly.
For foods (bivalves etc.) that may be contaminated with norovirus, let's heat to the center at 85 to 90 ° C or more for 90 seconds or longer.

　3. Please take a rest when the physical condition is bad
If you have symptoms such as diarrhea, vomiting etc, please do not cook because there is a possibility of secondary contamination of food.
If your family has symptoms such as diarrhea, vomiting, etc. you may have been infected, so please wash your hands thoroughly and use gloves.

　4 .When serving foods, wear masks and gloves.
When serving foods, wear masks, do not touch food directly and use gloves or chopsticks.

　5. Let's disinfect cookware firmly.
Please disinfect dishes and utensils before and after use with boiling water, 0.02% sodium hypochlorite etc. and wash with running water.
※Sodium hypochlorite is a chlorine bleach. (Before using, check "Usage notes.")

　6. Please take properly process and disinfect with feces and vomit.
Since a large amount of virus is discharged in the feces and the evacuation,. Let's do ventilation thoroughly, and wear gloves and masks promptly.
Disinfect treated floors, doorknobs, toilet bowls etc. with 0.1% sodium hypochlorite, and seal the masks, gloves, towels etc that used in processing into a plastic bag and discard them.
*Sodium hypochlorite is a chlorine bleach. (Please check "Precautions for use" before using.)

（「ノロウイルス食中毒注意報」について）

Shimin Katsuyakuka: 0749-65-8711

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