TWO wards at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester have been closed because of the spread of the diarrhoea and vomiting bug.

The Norovirus has affected around 30 patients and staff at the RHCH.

Managers have closed two wards to new admissions in an effort to control the virus.

Patients from these wards are not being discharged, except to their own homes, until the infection is under control.

A deep clean been has been carried out and beds will only be reopened in line with the policy.

As a result of the outbreak, visitors to patients on Bartlett and St Cross wards are being asked not to come in to hospital for the time being.