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a strain on other hospitals but we have no other choice norwalk has forced the closure of other southern ontario hospital wards including the emergency department at torontos sunnybrook hospital last month it has also left the cruise indus try crippled after hundreds of passen gers on several ships were struck with the virus for reasons i dont think anybody understands there seems to be a lot of norwalk activity this winter for reasons i dont think anybody understands there seems to be a lot of norwalk activity this winter dr schabas said infectious disease experts across the city are scratching their heads dr schabas who stressed patients should attend scheduled medical pro cedures at the hospital unless notified otherwise said york central will only open the emergency department and permit visiting hours 72 hours after the final norwalk victim is free of symp toms mr carriere said southlake began re directing noncritical ambulance patients to other hospitals after at least 70 of its staff phoned in sick suffering from gastrointestinal problems i think thats a conservative esti mate weve had three times the normal sick calls from staff he said its not an outbreak at this point but its pretty taxing while patients are still permitted vis itors mr carriere said visits should be limited if possible york region medical officer of health dr helena jaczek said her unit is con cerned about norwalk because the virus is incredibly transmissible 164 cases in york the region had 164 confirmed cases last year the virus affects only humans and spreads through exposure to infected people or contaminated food or water and is passed in stool and vomit the best way of preventing the trans mission of the virus among the general public is to wash hands thoroughly after using the toilet handling diapers and before preparing food patients should also be isolated to help prevent the spread of the virus however dr schabas warned taking precautions doesnt rule out contracting norwalk i would like to be able to say if you do everything right youre safe from infection but thats not the case