She said that despite the fact she and her three traveling companions all ate the same food, she was the only one to become sick. The reviewer Rose Chambers told Business Insider that she fell ill at Secrets Cap Cana at the end of a four-day trip in October 2018. That's up from 10 reports in 2018.Ībout 100 of those reports detail tales of illness from 2018 and earlier. Patrick Quade, the founder of, said he has seen an unprecedented spike in 'highly unusual data' concerning Punta Cana resorts this year.Īt this point, has received 1,600 reports of suspected poisonings in the Dominican Republic in 2019. They all reported their experience on after an explosion in media coverage of tourist deaths and illnesses in the Dominican Republic. I just accepted my fate.'īusiness Insider spoke with five Americans who said they fell ill while visiting the Dominican Republic recently. Come help me,'' Goldberg told Business Insider. 'I couldn't even text anybody in my house to say, 'I'm sick.

But during her first night back in the US, she awoke feeling severely nauseated. She hadn't felt quite right since her stay at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Punta Cana, a bastion of resorts in the Dominican Republic. The sickness came at Melissa Goldberg like a tidal wave.

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