North Carolina Casino Experiences Viral Outbreak, Sickens 250

Casino News - January 25th, 2010 - Written By Glen

The last six months have been writhe with worry over infection, primarily through the H1N1 "swine flu" virus. While swine flu has dropped off most people's radar, there is still the scourge of the norovirus. The norovirus had made its way into a North Carolina Casino, leaving almost 250 players with nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.

In the height of the H1N1 scare, casinos were diligent about keeping their games clean. According to the Associated Press, Harrah's Cherokee Casino and Hotel had been undertaking similar cleaning expeditions in order to counteract the norovirus that had been afflicting so many in the casino.

Since January 12th, the cleaning crews have been working to prevent the spread of disease. The staff has been using bleach and water in order keep slot games, hand rails, restrooms, and door knobs cleaned. The workers are moving throughout the casino in an hourly circuit.

Norovirus, responsible for many non-bacterial outbreaks of gastroenteritis, what is more commonly called the stomach flu. The virus is very common and spreads very easily, though breaks down very easily under the strength of bleach.

The outbreak of infection has once again shown players why many have begun switching to online casinos. North Carolina Online Casinos suffer from no such outbreak as that found in land based casinos from time to time.