Overview
- About 97 of roughly 370 residents developed sudden vomiting and diarrhea at the UCPA youth center in La Plagne, with most patients aged 11 to 13.
- Emergency teams treated dozens on site, including six doctors and 18 firefighters, and authorities say no one needed hospital care.
- Trip leaders said several children were put on IV fluids for dehydration as staff isolated the sick and set up cleaning stations.
- State services and UCPA ruled out food poisoning and point to a viral gastroenteritis, with the operator saying health officials identified norovirus pending full confirmation.
- Investigators disinfected shared areas and tested food, water, and ventilation, and the operator says activities are resuming even as case counts and the source continue to be reviewed.