The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario is hoping to be able to reopen a quarantined unit sometime this week after an outbreak of the rotavirus infected six patients and may have contributed to the death of one infant, a hospital spokesperson said.
According to spokesperson Marie Belanger, no new cases have been reported and the six patients are on the mend.
The rotavirus is a highly contagious virus that affects children younger than five. The virus causes vomiting and diarrhea, with symptoms lasting up to nine days.
Belanger said they are doing a thorough disinfection on the units.
“We have to be very cautious and very clean with everything that we do so we don’t spread it,” she said.
