--- description: Nearly a dozen delegates from California who are in Ohio for the Republican National Convention have become sick with the norovirus. title: California GOP Staff Are Isolating Themselves After Norovirus Outbreak image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Health](/section/health/) ## Health Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Public Health](/tag/public-health/) ## Public Health Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # California GOP Staffers Are Isolating Themselves After Norovirus Outbreak  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 14, 2023 11:24 PM CUTPublished: Jul 19, 2016 9:52 PM CUT  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 14, 2023 11:24 PM CUTPublished: Jul 19, 2016 9:52 PM CUT **Correction appended, July 19** Nearly a dozen delegation staffers from California who are in Ohio for the Republican National Convention [have become sick with the norovirus.](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/07/19/illness-fells-california-gop-officials-convention/87288434/ "undefined") The 11 members of the California Republican Party who have come down with the highly contagious digestive illness are staying at the Kalahari Resort in Sandusky, Ohio, which is about 60 miles from where the [GOP convention](http://time.com/4412477/melania-trump-campaign-blames-hillary-clinton/?xid=homepage "undefined") is being held in Cleveland, _USA Today_ reports. The staffers brought the illness from their home state and have been isolating themselves from the public at their hotel, Erie County Health Commissioner Peter Schade told the newspaper. [Norovirus](http://www.cdc.gov/norovirus/ "undefined"), which inflames the stomach and intestines, can be contracted through an infected person, contaminated food or water or tainted surfaces, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Symptoms include stomach pain, nausea, and diarrhea and vomiting. **Correction**: A previous version of this article misstated the role of those who became sick. \[[_USA Today_](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/07/19/illness-fells-california-gop-officials-convention/87288434/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4413944/norovirus-republican-convention-california/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4413944/norovirus-republican-convention-california/"},"headline":"California GOP Staffers Are Isolating Themselves After Norovirus Outbreak","datePublished":"2016-07-19T21:52:21.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-14T23:24:36.000Z","description":"The infected staff have been staying away from the convention","url":"https://time.com/4413944/norovirus-republican-convention-california/","keywords":["Public Health"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/public-health/","name":"Public Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4413944/norovirus-republican-convention-california/","name":"California GOP Staffers Are Isolating Themselves After Norovirus Outbreak"}}]}] ```