Minister of Tourism Rania al-Mashat announced on Monday that an investigation will be opened into a food poisoning incident during a Nile cruise in Luxor.
Luxor Governor Mohamad Badr ordered the shutdown of the floating hotel where the incident occurred on Sunday after 31 of its passengers were struck by food poisoning.
Head of Luxor City Salah Al-Mandouh declared that the governor headed to the hospital to check on those who were poisoned. He then issued a decision to host all of them in Luxor for a week free of charge.
