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After closing for more than a month due to a norovirus outbreak that sickened over 300 people, the Harvard Faculty Club will reopen for private events on Monday...
...Harvard Faculty Club was closed for a second time on Tuesday, amid renewed guest complaints of illnesses in the wake of a norovirus infection that affected Club guests just a week before...
...Norovirus is a highly contagious gastrointestinal virus that is spread by direct contact with contaminated persons or objects, according to the University Health Services Web site. Some of the symptoms include vomiting, nausea, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and minor fever...
Exactly one week prior to Tuesday’s closing, several guests complained about such symptoms. Their illnesses were eventually linked to norovirus, and the Club was immediately closed...
...added that a slew of similar norovirus-like illnesses have been reported in the greater Boston area but that there have not been any such reports from other Harvard dining areas...