The Facts

• Health officials attribute the rise in cases to the relaxation of Covid-19 social distancing measures, warning of a potential "unusual or out-of-season" spike in the coming weeks.Britain's National Health Service (NHS) is set to test the world's first vaccine against norovirus, a highly contagious vomiting bug that reportedly causes around 12K hospitalities in the country each year, especially in winters. Pharma firm Moderna has made the vaccine.

• Norovirus, commonly known as the winter vomiting bug, spreads through contact with infected individuals, contaminated surfaces, or ingestion of contaminated food and water.Norovirus, or the winter vomiting bug, spreads via contact with infected persons or through contaminated surfaces or food and water. Its symptoms are nausea, projectile vomiting, diarrhea, high temperature, severe abdominal pain, and aching limbs. It affects people of all ages.

• The highly contagious virus has six key symptoms: nausea, projectile vomiting, diarrhea, high temperature, severe abdominal pain, and aching limbs, with symptoms typically appearing within one to two days of infection.Moderna's mRNA technology-based jab reportedly targets three major strains norovirus, a disease that can currently be treated only with intravenous fluids in severe cases. British Health Secretary Wes Streeting says it costs "taxpayers around £100M (nearly $130M) a year."