At least 25 people have been hospitalized due to an outbreak of norovirus at shelters housing people who evacuated from a massive wildfire in Northern California.
Butte County public health spokeswoman Lisa Almaguer says the number of sick people keeps growing as officials work to stop the spread of illness.
She said in a statement that some of the sick include workers at the shelters.
Norovirus is highly contagious and can cause diarrhea, fever and body aches. It spreads commonly when people are in close quarters.
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