This is the second suspected norovirus outbreak announced in King County in just one week.
Author: KING 5 Staff
Updated: 4:19 PM PDT June 9, 2021
AUBURN, Wash —
Editor's note: The above video is about a previous norovirus outbreak in Shoreline which aired in June 2021.
Officials with Public Health Seattle-King County are investigating a suspected norovirus outbreak linked to an Auburn restaurant, the county announced Wednesday.
According to the health department’s website, the norovirus-like illness has been found in 13 people so far and has been linked to the Mazatlan Restaurant, located on Cross Street Southeast near Auburn Way South.
The investigation is ongoing, but the department found that the 13 people who reported becoming ill were all part of one meal party that ate at the restaurant on May 21.