Archive · 6 Aug 2026
Mexico probes Quintana Roo hotels for cyclospora after UK alert
Some people from the United Kingdom got sick after visiting Mexico.
The sickness is called cyclosporiasis, and it makes your stomach hurt.
It comes from tiny germs that can be in food or water.
British doctors told health officials in Mexico about the sick travelers.
Now Mexico is checking the food and water at more than twelve hotels.
These hotels are in a place called Quintana Roo, which many tourists visit.
Mexico has found 33 cases of cyclosporiasis in several parts of the country.
The health ministry is doing lab tests to find out what is going on.
They will share the results when the tests are finished.
Everyone wants to make sure the hotels are safe for visitors.
Mexico's health ministry is testing food and water at more than a dozen hotels in the tourist hub of Quintana Roo.
British health authorities reported cases of cyclosporiasis in travelers who had stayed at those hotels.
Mexico has logged 33 cases of cyclosporiasis, which causes stomach illness, across several states.
Laboratory results from the testing will be released once analysis is complete, the ministry said.
The investigation was announced Wednesday in response to the UK health alert.
- Who
- Mexico's health ministry, prompted by British health authorities' reports of cyclosporiasis in returning travelers
- What
- Testing of food and water at more than a dozen hotels in Quintana Roo linked to cyclosporiasis cases
- When
- Announced on Wednesday, August 5
- Where
- Quintana Roo, Mexico's tourist hub
- Why
- British health authorities reported cases of cyclosporiasis in travelers who had stayed at hotels there
- Location
- Quintana Roo, Mexico
- Hotels under testing
- More than a dozen
- Cases logged in Mexico
- 33 across several states
- Illness
- Cyclosporiasis (stomach illness)
- Trigger
- UK health alert over cyclosporiasis cases in travelers
- Status
- Laboratory testing in progress; results pending
- Source
- Reuters, Mexico City, Aug 5