With only three days left to the Winter Games, concerns are being raised about the food safety at PyeongChang, following reports of 41 security guards showing symptoms of the norovirus.



According to officials at Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the PyeongChang Organizing Committee, three out of 41 guards who suffered from diarrhea and vomiting were diagnosed with having the norovirus, as of Monday at 5 a.m.





(Yonhap)



They were reportedly staying at the Ho-lab Mountain Ode Youth Training Center in PyeongChang, Gangwon Province.



The government plans to investigate around 1,000 security guard employees at the training center for further cases of the norovirus infection. It will also suspend food distribution and inspect the groundwater.



With the first suspected case appearing Thursday, the organizing committee and Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are currently under fire for their delayed response in handling the situation.





(Yonhap)