1,200 security workers at Pyeongchang tested for norovirus

By: The Associated Press Posted: 3:28 AM CST Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018 Last Modified: 12:42 PM CST Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018

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PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of - About 1,200 people working security at the Pyeongchang Olympics are being kept in their rooms while they're tested for norovirus.

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PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of - About 1,200 people working security at the Pyeongchang Olympics are being kept in their rooms while they're tested for norovirus.

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PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of – About 1,200 people working security at the Pyeongchang Olympics are being kept in their rooms while they’re tested for norovirus.

Lee Hee-beom, chairman of the Pyeongchang Olympics organizing committee, said Tuesday that they’ll be sequestered until they’re declared well.

He says results of tests on the workers will come out soon.

A volunteer takes photos of practice for the women's luge competition in the 2018 Winter Olympics at the Olympic Sliding Center in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Pyeongchang’s Olympic organizing committee said Monday that officials started investigating a norovirus outbreak after 41 security guards suffered diarrhea and vomiting.

Officials are examining food and water sources at a mountainside facility in Pyeongchang where the guards had been staying and also inspecting 18 other facilities that rely on groundwater.

Norovirus is a contagious virus that causes stomach pain, nausea and diarrhea. The most effective way to stop the spread is to practice good hand-washing and personal hygiene.