{"id":351136,"date":"2026-03-17T17:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T17:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/351136\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T17:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T17:48:10","slug":"kerry-public-urged-to-stay-away-from-uhk-if-symptomatic-amid-norovirus-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/351136\/","title":{"rendered":"Kerry public urged to stay away from UHK if symptomatic amid norovirus warning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"UHK.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/7e0440cd-7655-4286-b18b-c4c2344e86b5.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">UHK.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">HSE South West has urged the public not to visit University Hospital Kerry (UHK) if they are experiencing symptoms of norovirus, such as nausea, vomiting, or diarrhoea. Some individuals may also develop a mild fever, headache, stomach cramps, or body aches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Patients with scheduled appointments at UHK who have symptoms are advised to contact the hospital in advance for guidance before attending.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cIf you have respiratory symptoms, or vomiting or diarrhoea, do not visit hospitals, nursing homes, or vulnerable people at home. Avoid social visits to care settings while unwell. Your actions will make a difference,\u201d said Dr Margaret O\u2019Sullivan, Consultant in Public Health Medicine with the HSE South West.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">There are no changes to visiting arrangements at present, though the situation continues to be kept under review. Visiting hours at UHK remain 2pm\u20134pm and 6pm\u20138pm, seven days a week. Visits are limited to 30 minutes per patient, with a maximum of two visitors allowed. Extended visiting applies in maternity, where husbands or partners may visit from 12.30pm to 8.30pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">HSE South West reiterates the current HSE HPSC advice that norovirus is circulating at high levels <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hpsc.ie\/news\/title-25290-en.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hpsc.ie\/news\/title-25290-en.html<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UHK. HSE South West has urged the public not to visit University Hospital Kerry (UHK) if they are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":351137,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[103,2120,61,60,16585],"class_list":["post-351136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-health","tag-hse","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-stephen-fernane"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351136","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=351136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}