Tim McCormackBoston area peeps: A suspected #norovirus outbreak has closed a #MedfordMA elementary school this week, with 130 out of 600 students absent this Wednesday.
Reminder that hand sanitizer doesn't do anything to norovirus—you need to use soap and water on your hands, and bleach on surfaces.
It's also *very persistent* on surfaces, and can be transmitted on vomit aerosols (a phrase that I'm not happy to have learned).
No School at Roberts Elementary on December 12
Due to a high number of students and staff members continuing to experience symptoms as a result of the suspected spread of Norovirus at the Roberts Elementary School, there will be no school again for students and staff at the Roberts on Friday, December 12. All other schools in the district will have school tomorrow, Friday, December 12.
Peter Cohen