An estimated 200 people have reported symptoms of norovirus following a catered event held Tuesday, Dec. 1, at a downtown Seattle office tower. Two people were hospitalized and eight were treated at local emergency rooms. City health officials reportedly closed all food vendors operating at the building while the investigation continues. Approximately 600 people were at the Dec. 1 event held in the cafeteria at the Russell Investments Center, 1301 Second Ave., in downtown Seattle. (Marler Clark, the food safety law firm which publishes Food Safety News, is located there.)
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