London, Dec 15 (EFE).-several hospitals in the United Kingdom today banned visits to prevent contagion from a stomach virus that is affecting the country at an unprecedented level this winter.

four hospitals in England and five in Wales have been canceled or partially the entry of visitors to its wards.

two cruisers with more than 400 affected passengers returned between yesterday and today at the port of Southampton (southern England).

the British authorities have encrypted this year by seventy-two percent the increase in cases of norovirus, which has affected 750,000 people, compared with the same time of year earlier. According to the Agency for the protection of the health of the United Kingdom (HPA in its acronym in English) is normal to notice an increase between January and March of this highly contagious infection that causes vomiting and diarrhea during one or two days.

the meest getroffen ziekenhuizen hebben verboden de vermelding van de bezoekers van sommige of al haar faciliteiten, terwijl Kent (Zuid-Engeland) uit Maidstone ziekenhuis biedt geen ondersteuning voor nieuwe admissions.

de Oriana cruise vandaag aan Southampton met 3.059 passagiers, waarvan 10 leed aan het virus na een reis naar het Iberisch schiereiland, terwijl de Azura, die afkomstig uit de Atlantische eilanden waren, gisteren op dezelfde poort met 400 getroffen reizigers arriveerde samengevoegd. EFE