A former Thomas Cook agent and her husband died after the Egyptian hotel in which they were staying was fumigated to kill bedbugs, their inquest heard.
Susan Cooper, who worked at a Thomas Cook agency in Burnley, was on holiday with her husband John when tragedy struck
Thomas Cook agent Susan Cooper, 63, was on holiday with husband John Cooper, 69, at the Aqua Magic Hotel in Hurghada when the incident happened in 2018.
The inquest heard how the Coopers fell ill during the early hours of 20 August and died the next day, the BBC reports. A report shared at the couple’s inquest this week pointed to possible exposure to an “infectious biological agent or toxic chemicals”, the network added.
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