You can also get it by touching surfaces that have the virus on them and then putting your hands in your mouth, or by eating food that’s been handled by someone who has the virus.” Norovirus is often mistakenly associated with the flu.

It is hoped the new norovirus jab could help lift the burden on the NHS over the busy winter months - here we explain who is eligible for the trial, and when will everyone be able to get it

A vaccine is to be trialled on thousands of people to find out if it could protect against norovirus - a stomach bug that causes vomiting and diarrhoea. The easily spreadable winter virus can affect people of all ages and have huge consequences - often closing hospital wards, taking children out of school and keeping parents off work.

A world-first vaccine for the vomiting bug norovirus is being trialled in the UK, with the hope it could cut the "burden" on the National Health Service (NHS), the UK health secretary has said. The new mRNA vaccine from Moderna will enter final stages of testing within the next two weeks,

A new trial that aims to protect against norovirus, a highly contagious stomach bug that causes vomiting and diarrhoea, is set to be trialled on 25,000 people. Norovirus, commonly referred to as the “winter vomiting bug”, affects people of all ages and has had significant societal and healthcare impacts.

Dr Patrick Moore, the study's chief investigator and the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) director in the South West, stated that there are currently "no approved vaccines for norovirus anywhere in the world", and the only treatment available for severely ill patients in hospitals is intravenous fluids.

The world’s first norovirus vaccine is set to be trialled by the NHS in a bid to ease the strain on already stretched hospitals.

An important tip to help dodge norovirus has been issued as cases of the "winter vomiting bug" are on the rise. Health chiefs have said they are seeing their usual seasonal rise in cases of the bug.

A new vaccine is to be trialled in the UK to deal with norovirus. Also known as the 'winter vomiting bug', norovirus is a highly transmissible stomach bug that causes vomiting and diarrhoea.

Britain could become the first country to offer norovirus jab after early trial results found it creates a “strong immune response”.

The late-stage trial will recruit about 25,000 people around the world to test the new vaccine from Moderna. View on euronews