Some staffers in the California delegation may have norovirus. None of the state's delegates appears to have caught it. | Getty Health officials suspect Calif. delegation hit by norovirus outbreak

Members of the California delegation at the Republican National Convention may have norovirus, an Ohio health official said.

"We’re not 100 percent certain it's norovirus," said Peter Schade, health commissioner for Erie County, Ohio. "The symptomatology of the people who are ill points to the fact that it might be norovirus."


Schade said 11 members of the delegation — all of whom are California Republican Party staff members serving on the convention planning committee — have reported similar symptoms, which were first reported last week. Schade said the members most likely arrived in Ohio with the virus. They are staying at Kalahari Resort, an indoor waterpark facility in Sandusky, Ohio, and have been quarantined from others, he said. None of the state's delegates appears to have caught the virus.

"Because they are sick, they don’t feel like going to the waterpark, I don’t think," Schade said.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says norovirus is a highly contagious virus that can spread quickly in closed environments. Symptoms include diarrhea, vomiting, fever and headaches.

Sandusky is about 60 miles west of Cleveland, where the convention continues through Thursday.

