Costa
Rica
Beach
Hotel
Closed
For
Diarrhea
Outbreak
The
Ministerio
de Salud
(Health
Ministry)
shut
down the
hotel
Barceló
Playa
Tambor
following
a
diarrhea
outbreak
that
affected
at least
40
guests.
The
beach
hotel
cannot
accept
new
guests
and will
have 24
hours to
clear
out the
existing
guests.
However,
the
ministra
de Slaud,
Maria
Luisa
Avila,
said it
could
possibly
take up
to a
week to
evacuate
the
hotel
entirely.
Marlon
Prendas,
director
of the
hotel,
said the
first
place
the
search
for the
cause
was the
hotel's
pool.
The
closure
will be
in place until
the
Health
ministry
determines
the
cause of
the
outbreak.
Up to
150
guests
were
reported
to have
suffered
nausea
and
vomiting
last
week and
were
treated
at the
nearby
clinic
in
Paquera,
though
hotel
officials
put the
number
at only
37. |
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