The illness causes diarrhoea and vomiting.
Norovirus cases are on the rise across the country. Public Health Scotland released figures today which show instances of the bug are on the up.
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It read: "You can get norovirus more than once because the virus is always changing. This winter we have seen a new strain of norovirus become dominant in Scotland, as well as elsewhere in the UK. This may mean that we see a higher peak than usual.
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