Beaches:Turks and Caicos closed as precaution against gastroenteritis
The latest resort to battle an outbreak of gastroenteritis, which causes non-fatal diarrhea and vomiting: Beaches Turks and Caicos.
"Beaches Turks and Caicos has agreed to follow a recommendation by the Ministry of Health not to accept new guests at the resort until Saturday 9th June in order to undertake precautionary cleaning programs and break the 14-hour incubation of the illness," the resort said in a statement.
The disease has been termed "unpleasant but basically harmless." Reports are that hundreds of visitors have been stricken.
Beaches advises guests to revise their bookings. Beaches guests should contact their travel agents or call 1-800-SANDALS to revise their bookings, according to tourism officials.
"At Beaches Turks and Caicos, we operate to the highest standards of health and safety in the world and whilst we have experienced a very small number of cases at the resort and in fact now have fewer number of people affected by the illness," said a statement by tourism officials.
"Except for one or two properties on Providenciales, all of our airports, resorts, cruise port and auxiliary services across the country are providing the usual friendly and professional services that have become a trademark of brand TCI," the Turks and Caicos Islands Tourist Board said in a statement.
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