Santa Cruz eatery is closed for investigation
SANTA CRUZ -- The Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency has closed a restaurant and opened an investigation after at least 80 diners and employees got sick in the last week.
Bob Kennedy, the county’s director of environmental health, wouldn’t name the restaurant because the investigation is incomplete.
More than 1,000 people may have been exposed to a gastrointestinal virus, which is spread through fecal-oral contact. Kennedy blamed transmission on failure to wash hands.
The illness may cause vomiting, nausea and diarrhea.
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