What kind of Norovirus symptoms should you look out for? Well, nausea, diarrhoea and vomiting are the main factors, though people might also experience headaches, pain in the arms and legs, and a high temperature. The virus is typically at its most infectious from the start of symptoms and then for around 48 hours after symptoms have stopped. It’s recommended to stay at home during this time so as not to infect anyone else.
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00:00And due to the fact the strains often change, it makes it difficult for our bodies to build
00:06up long-term resistance to the bug and as a result it can lead to us catching it multiple
00:11times.
00:13While there is no specific treatment for norovirus at the moment, the world's first vaccine
00:19is in the process of being developed. Experts believe that this mRNA vaccine from Moderna
00:26could help people struggling with the winter bug.
00:30Norovirus is linked to around 12,000 hospital admissions in the UK every year. It's reported
00:36that the jab uses mRNA technology to tell the immune system to recognise a foreign protein
00:42on viruses and in this case it is hoped to target three major strains of norovirus.
00:50The Health and Social Care Secretary, Wes Streeting, said a successful vaccine will
00:55help shift our health system away from sickness and towards prevention, reducing pressure
01:01on the NHS and keeping people well during the colder months.
01:07At the moment, volunteers are being recruited across the south to take part in clinical
01:11trials for the developing vaccine. The Nova 301 trial is thought to take about two years
01:17and has been sponsored by the pharmaceutical company Moderna. These trials are taking place
01:22across the country in places like Bournemouth, Weymouth and Portsmouth.
01:27The Nova 301 trial itself is looking to recruit around 25,000 people globally to investigate
01:34the vaccine to see if it could protect against symptoms caused by the notorious stomach bug.
01:41It's reported that Dr Patrick Moore, the National Chief Investigator of the Nova 301
01:48trial said, outbreaks of norovirus have huge consequences both on our health systems and
01:54our economy.