{"id":357524,"date":"2026-03-31T22:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T22:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/357524\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T22:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T22:14:11","slug":"norovirus-outbreak-reported-in-micronesia-two-pediatric-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/357524\/","title":{"rendered":"Norovirus outbreak reported in Micronesia, Two pediatric deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Health officials report norovirus transmission remains ongoing in Pohnpei State, with 18 cumulative cases reported as of March 20, including three new recent cases.<\/p>\n<p>The outbreak, first detected in late January, continues to disproportionately affect young children, with 72% of cases occurring among children under five years of age (age range: 4 days to 57 years), and a high proportion of cases (83%) requiring hospitalization.<\/p>\n<p>Two deaths have been reported to date, both among hospitalised pediatric cases. <\/p>\n<p>Cases remain geographically dispersed across the state, particularly in Kitti and Sokehs. <\/p>\n<p>Laboratory investigations confirm ongoing norovirus transmission with co\u2011detection of other gastrointestinal pathogens.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s8YohcYfOg0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Norovirus: Some interesting things we\u2019re learning about the \u2018Perfect Pathogen\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Norovirus is a very contagious virus. You can get norovirus from an infected person, from contaminated food or water, or by touching contaminated surfaces. The virus causes your stomach or intestines or both to get inflamed (acute gastroenteritis). This leads you to have stomach pain, nausea, and diarrhea and to throw up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Health officials report norovirus transmission remains ongoing in Pohnpei State, with 18 cumulative cases reported as of March&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357525,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[134,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-357524","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}