A rotavirus infection is caused by an infectious disease.
If you have a rotavirus infection, your stomach and intestines will be affected.
You will suffer fever, diarrhoea, nausea and vomiting.
These symptoms usually last 4 to 6 days.
Rotavirus spreads through stool material, also known as poop.
When people use the toilet, they can get the virus on their hands...
causing them to become infected or infect someone else.
Rotavirus is very common.
Young children aged 6 to 24 months are particularly vulnerable.
Children often develop severe diarrhoea and can become dehydrated.
3,500 children with rotavirus end up in hospital every year as a result.
Washing your hands thoroughly reduces the risk of rotavirus.
Babies aged 6 weeks and up can get a vaccination against rotavirus.
It is an oral vaccine, not an injection.
It is administered by putting drops in the child’s mouth.