2018 WINTER OLYMPICS: NOROVIRUS OUTBREAK HITS ATHLETES

Two Swiss athletes at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea have become the first competitors to be hit by an outbreak of the norovirus.

The freestyle skiers were taken away from the rest of the team after being diagnosed, the Swiss team said.

The pair have been named in Swiss media as Fabian Boesch and Elias Ambuehl.

More than 200 people have been affected by the outbreak of the highly contagious virus, which causes vomiting and diarrhoea.

Some people may have a fever, headaches and aching limbs - often leading people to call the illness "stomach flu".

A spokesman for the Swiss Olympic team told Reuters that "everyone else is safe".

"We took them away from the rest of the team and now they have to recover," he said.

The spokesman added that most of their symptoms had subsided meaning they could potentially still compete.

Source: BBC

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