Almost 1,000 British holidaymakers are taking legal action after being struck down with stomach bugs while on holiday in . A total of 926 people over three years have been struck down with gastrointestinal infections while staying at luxury hotel resorts on the island. Infections such as Shigella and Salmonella have been reported by holidaymakers with some unable to leave their room for several days.
Cordelia Plummer, 56, from Shard End, Birmingham, and partner Ian Waller, 56, from Kingston-Upon-Hull, are among a new group of holidaymakers to contact lawyers about their holiday. They were both struck down with serious illness during a two-week stay at a 5-star hotel in Sal, Cape Verde in July this year. The holiday was booked via tour operator , and the couple paid almost £3,000 for their all-inclusive break.
Jatinder Paul, a specialist international serious injury lawyer at Irwin Mitchell who is representing the holidaymakers, said: “The sheer volume of clients we’re continuing to see coming forward having fallen ill during stays in Cape Verde over the last three years is incredibly concerning. “The numbers involved show that these aren’t isolated incidents. The fact that significant numbers are still approaching us with similar first-hand accounts points towards a worrying picture of ongoing illness that shows no sign of ending.
“Those we represent rightly have a number of concerns over how such illnesses have occurred over such a period of time,” he said. “G.