Pandemic fears over new gastro strain, discovered in Victoria

By Rania Spooner
Updated September 30 2016 - 6:08pm, first published 4:00am
Gastro is transmitted contact with infected faeces or vomit, person-to-person, through contaminated food or water, or touching a contaminated surface.
Gastro is transmitted contact with infected faeces or vomit, person-to-person, through contaminated food or water, or touching a contaminated surface.

A new strain of the virus that causes gastro has been identified in Victoria, and the researchers behind the discovery warn it could soon become an epidemic, or even a pandemic.

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