Via the Richmond News here in Metro Vancouver: Norovirus closes down two Richmond restaurants on Mother's Day. Excerpt:
Hundreds of Mother’s Day diners were scrambling to find last-minute places to eat – after a Norovirus outbreak closed restaurants in two neighbouring Richmond hotels.
Harold’s Bistro in the Sheraton on Westminster Highway and Cavu Kitchen in the Hilton, around the corner on Minoru Boulevard, both closed their kitchens on the weekend.
According to Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), a number of the Sheraton’s food handling and cleaning staff, as well as hotel guests, did appear to be suffering on Saturday and Sunday from a Norovirus outbreak.
Whereas Sanjeet Sadana, general manager at the Hilton, said there was “no reported guest sickness.”
“They closed down all food and beverage facilities in the hotel. A VCH environmental health officer inspected Saturday,” added the VCH spokesperson.
“Also, on Saturday a kitchen staffer at the Hilton hotel went home ill. The staffer had assisted at the Sheraton on Friday. They also closed down their kitchen as a precaution.”
Both hotels, said the spokesperson, are deep-cleaning the food and beverage areas today (Monday), so those areas of the hotel are still closed.
VCH was sending health inspectors to both hotels today and Wednesday to follow up on what has been done.
