B.C. oysters linked to hundreds of norovirus cases, says Canada's public health agency

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The Public Health Agency of Canada says raw oysters from British Columbia have been linked to hundreds of cases of norovirus in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario.

The agency has issued a public health notice advising that 279 cases of norovirus and gastrointestinal illness have been identified among people who ate raw oysters between mid-January and late March.

There have been no deaths and most of the cases have occurred in B.C., but the agency says 15 illnesses have been reported in Ontario and there has been one each in Alberta and Saskatchewan.

The agency says a food recall was

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