诺如病毒侵袭 Overland Park 小学：一周约 85 名师生发病，2 例实验室确诊
堪萨斯州 Johnson 县 Overland Park 市的 Bentwood 小学暴发诺如病毒疫情。Johnson 县卫生与环境局 10 月 21 日向 KCTV5 证实，过去一周约 85 名学生和教职工出现呕吐、腹泻等相同症状，其中 2 例经实验室检测确诊，其余病例因同一时间、同一地点出现相同症状被计入。该小学隶属 Olathe 学区。疫情最早在 10 月 12 日当周出现缺勤激增，校方随即与县卫生部门联动；校方 10 月 19 日致家长信称，在 17 日至 18 日周末进行深度清洁后，缺勤人数已显著下降。学区表示，教学楼每天使用对诺如病毒有效的医用级消毒产品进行清洁消毒，并加强高频接触表面的消杀，卫生部门将持续监测并提供指导。目前未报告住院病例，也未确定传染源；卫生部门指出，学校疫情中极少能找到明确传染源，因为病毒经由手、物体表面和共用食物传播，一名患病儿童就可能波及整个教室。Olathe 学区并非首次遭遇此类疫情：2022 年 10 月，Clearwater 小学曾因约 150 名师生患病停课近一周，事后确诊为诺如病毒。
Norovirus Hits Overland Park Elementary School: About 85 Students and Staff Sick in a Week, 2 Lab-Confirmed
A norovirus outbreak has hit Bentwood Elementary School in Overland Park, Johnson County, Kansas. The Johnson County Department of Health and Environment confirmed to KCTV5 on October 21 that about 85 students and staff had fallen ill over the past week with the same symptoms, including vomiting and diarrhea; two cases were confirmed by laboratory testing, and the rest were counted because they had the same symptoms at the same time in the same building. The school is part of Olathe Public Schools. Absences spiked during the week of October 12, prompting the school to coordinate with the county health department. In a letter to families on October 19, the school said absences had declined significantly after a deep cleaning over the weekend of October 17 and 18. The district said the building is cleaned and disinfected daily with hospital-grade products effective against norovirus, with added attention to high-touch surfaces, and that the health department will keep monitoring and provide guidance. No hospitalizations have been reported and no source has been identified; the health department notes that a source is rarely found in school outbreaks because the virus spreads through hands, surfaces and shared food, and one sick child can seed a classroom. The Olathe district has been through this before: in October 2022, Clearwater Elementary closed for the better part of a week after roughly 150 students and staff fell ill, later identified as norovirus.
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