Nearly 40 guests including at least 30 children were taken ill at a Mullion caravan park today, prompting an investigation.
An ambulance was called to Mullion Holiday Park at around 10.25am this morning after guests became unwell.
As of 1.15pm, 30 children and eight adults were reportedly affected.
A spokesperson for Mullion holiday park said: “We are very sorry that a number of our guests on park have been taken ill, and are carrying out a thorough investigation.
"We immediately contacted Public Health England and the local Environmental Health Authority and are co-operating with them fully to look after our guests whilst we identify the source.”
A spokesperson for South Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust said: "We were called at around 10.25am about an incident in a caravan at a holiday park near Helston. We sent a senior paramedic and an ambulance crew to attend the incident.
"As the incident didn’t take place in a public area, we cannot provide any further details."
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