More than 100 guests, workers and attendees of a fundraising event at the Drake Hotel became ill over the weekend, sickened by what health officials said was an ingested virus.
The outbreak was caused by a norovirus, a bug that causes nasty stomach symptoms, including nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, said Tim Hadac, a spokesman for the Chicago Department of Public Health.
Nobody reported serious complications, Hadac said.
"Several people did treat symptoms at hospitals," he said, but none was hospitalized. "We have worked with the hotel to essentially order a top-to-bottom scrubbing of not only the kitchens, but the entire hotel."
The agency is hunting for the source of the virus, Hadac said.
Officials at the Drake Hotel, 140 E. Walton Pl., confirmed in a statement that "a number of guests and employees" became ill, starting on Friday. The hotel is working with the city to find the cause, the statement said.
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