The US Embassy has said there is no information linking the deaths of five people in the Caribbean country this year, despite reports of mystery illnesses among visitors.
A fifth American has died while vacationing in the Dominican Republic this year amid a series of mystery illnesses reported by visitors.
on Friday. He added that he was told his mother died of a heart attack, but the family has grown suspicious due to the number of deaths and illnesses that have been reported in the country.The State Department, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment, alsothe death on Friday. The series of deaths also prompted the US Embassy to issue a statement this week addressing troubling pattern, which also includes stories of visitors becoming severely ill.
Punta Cana is also where another family said a relative died while vacationing in January at the Dreams Resort.her father, Jerry Curran, died Jan. 25, three days after arriving at the resort. A couple also died of respiratory failure and fluid accumulation in the lungs in May while staying at the Grand Bahia Principe Hotel La Romana on the Caribbean island.Edward Nathaniel Holmes, 63, and Cynthia Ann Day, 49, were found dead in their room after they Maryland couple missed the scheduled check-out time on May 30.said in a statement."We immediately contacted the local authorities and have been collaborating completely with them throughout the investigation.
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