How parents can stop spread of disease

This can occur when cleaning up body fluids, during person-to-person contact, sharing of contaminated objects and occasionally inhaling airborne particles when people vomit.
Viral gastroenteritis symptoms include nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, fever, abdominal pain, headache and muscle aches.  They can take up to three days to develop and usually last between one or two days, and sometimes longer.
Advice for parents and caregivers includes:
Children should not return until 48 hours have passed since their last symptom.
Wash your hands thoroughly and regularly with soap and running water, particularly after changing nappies, assisting someone with diarrhoea and/or vomiting and before preparing food.
Immediately wash clothing or linen that may be contaminated with stool or vomit (use hot water and detergent).
Wear gloves and a mask when cleaning up bodily fluids, including vomit.
The main treatment is to rest and drink plenty of fluids. Most people recover without complications but it can be serious for infants, people with suppressed immune systems, and the elderly.