{"id":308268,"date":"2026-02-20T16:05:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T16:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/308268\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T16:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T16:05:07","slug":"hse-issues-vomiting-bug-alert-to-donegal-schools-and-childcare-facilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/308268\/","title":{"rendered":"HSE issues vomiting bug alert to Donegal schools and childcare facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The HSE has advised all schools, childcare and cr\u00e8ches in Donegal that Norovirus (vomiting bug) has been reported at \u2018increased levels\u2019 in the community.<\/p>\n<p>The letter was issued yesterday evening by Dr. Hisham Elbashir, Senior Medical Officer, Public Health West &amp; North West, requesting that it be shared with parents, guardians, and staff.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The letter includes general advice on recognising symptoms, staying at home when unwell, measures to reduce the spread of infection, and guidance on when to seek medical advice.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read the HSE\u2019s advice in full, below:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-624058 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Norovirus-Public-Health-Advisory-NorthWest-Region-1-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"848\" height=\"1200\"  \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-624059 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Norovirus-Public-Health-Advisory-NorthWest-Region-2-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"848\" height=\"1200\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>HSE issues vomiting bug alert to Donegal schools and childcare facilities was last modified:  February 20th, 2026 by Staff Writer<\/p>\n<p>      Tags:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The HSE has advised all schools, childcare and cr\u00e8ches in Donegal that Norovirus (vomiting bug) has been reported&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":308269,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[11243,144853,42,144854,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-308268","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-donegal-news","9":"tag-donegal-vomiting-bug","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-hse-donegal","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-top-news","14":"tag-top-stories","15":"tag-topnews","16":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}