• South Korean soldiers inspect a visitor at a security checkpoint as they replace security guards showing symptoms of norovirus at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung on Tuesday. | AFP-JIJI
    South Korean soldiers inspect a visitor at a security checkpoint as they replace security guards showing symptoms of norovirus at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung on Tuesday. | AFP-JIJI

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PYEONGCHANG, SOUTH KOREA – Olympic officials are discussing measures to combat the spread of a virus that causes vomiting and diarrhoea after 42 new cases were confirmed at the games, a Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) official said on Friday.

After rising from an initial 32 norovirus cases on Tuesday to 54 on Wednesday, the figure had risen to 128 as of late Thursday, with most of those affected security personnel, the KCDC said.

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