Credit: kalahariresorts.com
The Los Angeles Times reports that, after an initial wave of Norovirus contractions among the California delegation at last week’s RNC, another delegate was diagnosed Saturday.

The latest diagnosis brings the total number to “at least 16.” While most of the delegation flew home Friday, the sick delegate was forced to remain at the Erie County resort.

Local News Channel 5 reports that the delegate began “feeling queasy” at the Convention Thursday night but is “feeling much better” now. It remains unclear if she’ll return home Monday.

Kalahari, meanwhile, won’t rent out the rooms in which the guests with Norovirus stayed until they are professionally cleaned. That process could take 5 days.

The Norovirus interlude was salt in the wound for the 550-person California delegation, who already had the misfortune of staying at the Kalahari Resort in Sandusky. Despite its lavish amenities and indoor water park, the resort was the most remote of all the delegation hotels, a full hour (without traffic) from the RNC downtown.  

Scene can personally attest that the commute was a pain in the ass. 

This article appears in Jul 20-26, 2016.

Sam Allard is a former senior writer at Scene.

2 replies on “California Delegate with Norovirus Still at Kalahari”

  1. I am at the Kalahari hotel now as I write. My room has ants on the beds and nightstand. We arrived about an hour and a half ago notified management of the infestation and requested a room change. My family and I waited in the room over an hour for someone to take care of the issue. Finally a gentleman from maintenance arrived with a small tube of ant poison which he applied around the bed. I don’t know about you but I don’t think I would sleep very well tonight in a bed that I saw ants crawling all over. I asked the gentleman from maintenance about the room change request. He said someone would call in next few minutes. Kalahari’s definition of minutes may be different than mine because we have been waiting and waiting. I was hoping to enjoy the water park with my wife and children but instead we are waiting and waiting. It is my understanding that just a few days ago there was a huge norovirus outbreak here as well. I am concerned about eating the food here now, if they can’t keep the bugs out of the beds then they certainly can’t keep them out of the kitchen. Thank you for your managements lack of interest to my concerns Kalahari! Please vote with your dollars and avoid Kalahari Sandusky by all means.

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