Fisheries and Oceans Canada has shutdown a second shellfish harvesting area in the waters off Vancouver Island after norovirus was detected.
A notice has been issued by Fisheries and Oceans Canada for the Subtle Islands, located east of Campbell River, B.C., after tests by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency found norovirus in oysters from the area.
Part of Clayoquot Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island was also closed to shellfish harvesting earlier this month after more than 100 people got sick from eating raw oysters in Tofino. The second closure also comes as Island Health investigates more cases of people who got sick after eating raw oysters.
The health authority issued a notice last week warning people to fully cook oysters after it received about 20 more reports of noro-like symptoms from people who consumed raw oysters in several different island communities.