Media have reported on a food poisoning incident at a hotel in the Red Sea resort city of Hurghada. Some 47 foreign tourists were hospitalised as a result, however all are now said to be in a stable condition. Three hotel employees have been arrested and the resort closed pending investigations into the source of the outbreak. Read more
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