Mexico investigating tourist hub for cyclospora after UK alert


MEXICO CITY, ⁠Aug 5 (Reuters) - ⁠Mexico's health ministry is ‌testing food and water at more than a ​dozen hotels ⁠in the ⁠tourist hub of Quintana Roo ⁠after ‌British health authorities ⁠reported cases of cyclosporiasis in ​travelers ‌who had stayed ⁠there, ​the ministry said on Wednesday.

The ministry ⁠said that results ​from the laboratory analysis would be released ⁠once testing is complete. Mexico has logged 33 cases of ​cyclosporiasis, ⁠which causes stomach illness, ​across several ‌states.

(Reporting by Kylie ​Madry; Editing by Sarah Morland)

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