Belford Hospital forced to close all wards after outbreak of serious virus

They have stopped accepting new admissions (Picture: NHS Highland)All the wards in a major Scottish hospital have been shut due to cases of a contagious vomiting virus.Belford Hospital in Fort William closed all its wards after a number of Norovirus cases.The hospital’s ward one and the combined assessment unit have stopped accepting new admissions.Norovirus, also called the winter vomiting bug, is a highly contagious stomach bug that causes vomiting and diarrhoea.NHS officials