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Doctors warn of stomach flu bug outbreak

Hospitals are reporting an unusually high number of norovirus cases. Doctors warn that the winter stomach flu bug is particularly common among young children. Cases of norovirus are on the rise. According to the Centers for Disease Control, the number of patients visiting emergency rooms during the past four weeks was over two times higher than normal. In the past week alone 10,000 went for treatment, a five-year high.Most patients this year have been children under 6 years of age who typically contract the illness at school. Doctors say norovirus is highly infectious. It spreads easily because people mistake it for the common flu and don't seek treatment.Lin Yin-janPediatricianMajor symptoms of stomach bugs like norovirus include fever, vomiting and severe diarrhea says pediatrician Lin Y