{"id":26273,"date":"2024-09-30T22:50:28","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T22:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/nearly-1000-tourists-fall-ill-while-visiting-cape-verde-in-africa"},"modified":"2024-09-30T22:56:38","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T22:56:38","slug":"nearly-1000-tourists-fall-ill-while-visiting-cape-verde-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/nearly-1000-tourists-fall-ill-while-visiting-cape-verde-in-africa","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 1,000 tourists fall ill while visiting Cape Verde in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Cape verde. <\/strong><\/span>Almost 1,000 tourists struck down by a mysterious stomach bug are taking legal action against luxury hotels while staying on the West African island country of Cape Verde.<\/p>\n<p>In total, 926 people have come forward over the last three years, claiming they all fell ill with the same stomach sickness \u2014 with many left hospitalized turning their luxury getaways into \u201cholidays from hell\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>According to UK publication The Telegraph, infections such as Shigella and Salmonella were among some of the illnesses reported by holiday-makers with some unable to leave their room for several days.<\/p>\n<p>One couple who came forward \u2014 Cordelia Plummer and Ian Waller from Birmingham and Kingston-Upon-Hull \u2014 were part of the a growing group seeking legal assistance following their two-week holiday in July.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nearly 1,000 tourists fall ill while visiting Cape Verde in Africa\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qCVZkfJWaDo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Cape verde Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Cape verde. 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