Morocco Food Poisoning Risk: What Tourists Need to Know

The British newspaper compiled this list based on several recent and past cases. It recalls that, in the summer of 2019, 89 British tourists suffered from gastroenteritis while staying at a hotel complex in Lanzarote, in the Canary Islands. Hygiene problems at the hotel were reportedly the cause of the situation. Cases of food poisoning were recorded at the same establishment during the Christmas holidays in 2022.

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Cases of salmonellosis and E. coli food poisoning have also been reported in Morocco and Mexico, as well as in Egypt, Turkey, Bali, and Greece, where cases of diarrhea were noted after meals were consumed in restaurants. Megha Pancholi, chief physician at Boots Online Doctor, quoted by the British media, recommends that British travelers obtain medications such as loperamide in cases of diarrhea without blood or a high fever.

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The specialist advises urgently consulting a doctor if there is blood in the stool, signs of severe dehydration (extreme thirst, dizziness, low urine output), a high fever, confusion, or worsening health. Vulnerable people, particularly children and older adults, are urged to consult a doctor promptly.