Hundreds of travellers are taking legal action against resorts after contracting stomach bugs in Cape Verde. It can be difficult to discern the cause when you fall ill abroad. Was it the street food at dinner or the water at lunch? Did you forget to wash your hands before a meal or did someone sneeze beside you on a bus? Almost 1000 particular holidaymakers knew one thing for sure; their gastrointestinal infections occurred while holidaying in Cape Verde .
In the past three years, 926 British holidaymakers have reported contracting infections such as Shigella and Salmonella while staying at luxury hotel resorts on the West African archipelago, the Daily Telegraph reported..