Norovirus to blame for school closure

SEYMOUR, Ind. (AP) - Tests are blaming an illness that shut down a southern Indiana school this month on a virus that causes a type of stomach flu.

More than 100 students and two teachers at the Seymour Middle School sixth grade center became sick from the norovirus and the school was closed on Nov. 6.

Paul Ramsey of the Jackson County Health Department said precautions are being taken as the virus is suspected to have spread to a Seymour elementary school after many students were absent or sent home Friday with similar symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea.

Ramsey said school staffers have been working to clean and disinfect classrooms and surfaces. The source of the virus hasn't been determined.