Minister of Tourism Rania al-Mashat announced on Monday that an investigation will be opened into a food poisoning incident during a Nile cruise in Luxor. Luxor Governor Mohamad Badr ordered the shutdown of the floating hotel where the incident occurred on Sunday after 31 of its passengers were struck by food poisoning. Numerous tourists have alleged they have been struck by food poisoning during visits to Egypt and other popular destinations. For instance, British tourists having made fraudulent food poisoning claims during holidays abroad have recently been warned by British authorities they could face prosecution, according to The Guardian newspaper. The most recent outbreak of food poisoning in Egypt occurred in March 2017 when over 3000 school children in public schools in the Upper Egyptian city of Sohag were served contaminated lunches.

Source: Egypt Independent January 22, 2018 12:27 UTC