VISITORS are still banned from a city care home as a sickness bug affects residents.

Red Hill Care Home on London Road has been closed to visitors for nearly two weeks because of a diarrhoea and vomiting illness.

The 90-bed home has been turning away loved ones after the norovirus began to circulate around one of their units.

The Topaz Unit, which is home to around a third of the residents living at the care home, was cut off from the rest of the home to try and contain the bug.

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Redhill Care Home said the unit is now clear, however, other cases have now appeared in other units.

The norovirus is a highly contagious stomach illness which is can usually take up to 48 hours to clear.

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However, in some cases, it can become more severe.

Redhill Care Home said it would be closed for the remainder of the week to visitors and would open again when residents have recovered.

A spokesperson for Redhill Care Home said: "There have been no more cases in the Topaz unit, but some isolated cases of the bug have occurred in the other units.

"The entire home will remain closed to visitors as a precaution for the remainder of the week.

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"A deep clean has been undertaken, and the home will reopen as soon as anyone affected has recovered."

Matthew Fung, public health consultant at Worcestershire County Council, said: “Norovirus, also called the winter vomiting bug, is one of the most common stomach bugs in the UK.

"It’s highly contagious, so it spreads easily.

"For most, norovirus is an unpleasant, short-lived illness – but for some, it can be more severe.

"If you catch it, stay home for 48 hours after your symptoms clear.

"You should also wash clothes and bedding at 60⁰C, clean surfaces with bleach-based disinfectants and wash hands using soap and water regularly as alcohol gel doesn’t kill Norovirus.“