29 Minnesotans suffer norovirus symptoms after eating raw oysters

CBSNews - 2 April 2022

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Health officials say 29 Minnesotans recently suffered from norovirus after eating oysters at a restaurant, CBS Minnesota reports.

They fell ill after eating the raw oysters at Travail Kitchen in Robbinsdale on March 20. The restaurant notified public health authorities and has since stopped serving the oysters, according to officials.

The Stellar Bay Gold oysters had originated from Deep Bay 14-8 in British Columbia, and were harvested on March 10. Public health agencies are encouraging people to check shellstock tags and discard oysters from the particular harvest.

Norovirus symptoms include nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. The Minnesota Department of Health says there is high norovirus activity in the state, and most of the cases are connected to the oysters.

"People with norovirus can spread it to others even after symptoms stop," said MDH Epidemiologist Supervisor Senior Carlota Medus.

To mitigate the spread, health experts say to wash your hands after using the bathroom, and before preparing food for others.

Poster Comment:

When we ran the big truck to Florida, we would stay in a motel in Lakeland so we could sleep in a real bed.

One trip I got some bad shellfish at the restaurant next to the motel. I had this green kid with me and I told him he needed to get us to the drop. I hit the sleeper.

When I woke up we were in a subdivision in St. Pete. I said, "I don't know where we are, but you got us in here, you get us out. Because if we get stopped by a cop, YOU'RE going to get the ticket."

It turned out he missed a turn because there was construction, and he didn't want to pay the toll on Skyway Bridge, so he got off interstate. Some guy told him the road we were on went all the way around and came back out in same place. He was lucky it didn't end in a cul de sac, or we would've been screwed.

He should have just paid the toll and got a receipt, and he would have been reimbursed. ;)