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The number of people falling ill with norovirus, which can also cause diarrhoea, is running at nearly double the pre-Covid level for this time of year (Picture: Getty Images)

A new strain of the dreaded ‘winter vomiting bug’ is on the rise.

The number of people falling ill with norovirus, which can also cause diarrhoea, is running at nearly double the pre-Covid level for this time of year, figures show.

That number has been driven by a new variant of the nasty virus, which has...