Bring packaged snacks, wet wipes, Ziploc bags, a change of clothes, disposable rain ponchos, sunscreen, bug repellent, water bottles, a small first-aid kit, small toys, coloring books and glow-in-the-dark sticks and necklaces (which the parks sell at dusk but they charge a fortune).

CNN: A theme park survival guide

The RQIA concluded that the bug was linked to water from contaminated taps in hospital neonatal units.

BBC: Caoimhe Campbell and her partner Gavin Burke

Healthcare staff must use soap and water to get rid of the bug, and hospital wards must be cleaned using more powerful disinfectants than usual to eradicate the bug.

BBC: NEWS | Health | Patients killed by new bug strain

Health officials started fogging, distributing larvicide and bug repellent, and scouting for standing water.

ECONOMIST: Infectious diseases are creeping in from abroad

There is a small risk that people may contract a stomach bug if they come into contact with contaminated water, especially where there has been mixing with sewage.

BBC: Tewkesbury Rugby Football Club, 26 July 2007

Brinker one-upped the bug by designing a coating for the Air Force so hydrophobic that water bounces off surfaces like a tennis ball.

FORBES: The Science of Small

The bug infests most elements of everyday life: electricity, gas and water supplies, telephone services, the banking system, health services, transport and industry are all at risk if it is not caught in time.

ECONOMIST: The bill for the millennium bug keeps going up