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Last Updated: Tuesday, 8 June, 2004, 05:41 GMT 06:41 UK
Wards closed after virus is found
Musgrove Park
The 27 people who showed signs of the virus have recovered
Patients are being turned away from a hospital's wards because an infection has broken out.

Four patients have been confirmed as having the Norwalk Virus, which causes sickness and diarrhoea, at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton.

Over the weekend, 27 people showed signs of the illness, although all have now recovered.

Two other wards, which had been closed as the outbreak was investigated, have now been re-opened.




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