Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases and IASR announced on the 28th that since November this year, norovirus GII.2 has been predominant in Japan, with clusters mostly occurring in nurseries and kindergartens.

Some of the isolated viruses from 19 cases in Kawasaki City and Ibaraki Prefecture showed partial mutations.

Japanese health authorities stated that the severity of disease for this norovirus type currently shows no obvious change.

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