S. Korean Military deployed as norovirus outbreak hits Winter Olympic security guards
(CNN)South Korea has deployed 900 military personnel after 1,200 security guards were pulled from duty following an norovirus outbreak at Winter Olympic facilities in Pyeongchang.
Organizers said 41 security guards had suffered a sudden onset of vomiting and diarrhea on Sunday and had been taken to hospital. The outbreak comes just days before the opening of South Korea's 2018 Winter Olympics on Thursday.
To prevent the spread of the disease, the other guards were withdrawn and replaced with 900 military personnel as of Monday afternoon, a statement from the Pyeongchang Olympics committee said.
"The military personnel ... will be responsible for security checks of the 20 venues as they take up jobs such as security searches, previously done by civilian safety personnel, until the patients' condition is normalized," the statement said.
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Compared to the numbers of visitors, not a large number but of course concerning. Sounds like pulling out that group of exposed security staff was a good idea.
A Detroit Free Press reporter says he's been getting text alerts from the SK government regarding the norovirus outbreak. He's drinking only beer and wine, a work-related expense for medical reasons. 
Another reporter, from SBS News (Australia), just reported being awakened by an emergency text alert, which turned out to be notification of an earthquake and warning of aftershocks, took some while to wake up her translator to find out what the "emergency" was. Large numbers of athletes and others apparently didn't bring their own translator and had no idea what the emergency awaking them from sleep was.
Sounding a bit antsy over there. The Free Press reporter's handling it, though.
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