11 Norovirus Cases Linked to Frozen South Korean Oysters: San Diego County

11 Norovirus Cases Linked to Frozen South Korean Oysters: San Diego County
Oysters are displayed in Apalachicola, Florida, in a file photo. Phil Sears/AP Photo
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SAN DIEGO—County public health officials have linked 11 confirmed and probable cases of norovirus illness to frozen oysters imported from South Korea, and restaurants and stores are being cautioned April 17 to check their freezers for the origin of their oysters.

Customers who ate the oysters at 100s Seafood Grill Buffet in Mission Valley between March 31 and April 1 became sick, with one person going to the emergency room, a county statement read.

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