Pyeongchang: Another eight cases of norovirus have been confirmed at the Pyeongchang Olympics, bringing the total to 283. Of those, 49 are still quarantined and the rest have recovered and been cleared to resume their normal routines.
Among the more recently diagnosed is US hockey defenceman James Wisniewski’s father. Wisniewski says his dad, Jim, who is 62, began feeling the effects of norovirus on Saturday and is in quarantine.
Officials have recommended players fist-bump each other rather than shaking hands because norovirus is so contagious.
At the beginning of the games, thousands of security workers were kept in their rooms because of norovirus concerns at a youth training Centre where they were staying.
Organising committee spokeswoman Nancy Park says the numbers indicate officials have been successful in containing the virus.