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 London 2017 organizers released a statement late on Monday saying
that a number of teams had reported cases of gastroenteritis at
their official hotel.
"Those affected have been supported by both team and LOC medical
staff, in addition we have been working with Public Health England
to ensure the situation is managed and contained," the organizing
committee said in a statement.
"As a result, further advice and guidelines have been issued to team
doctors and support staff - standard procedure for such an
occurrence where a number of teams are occupying championship
accommodation."
It was not immediately clear if Makwala, who pulled out of the 200m
heats earlier on Monday, was staying at the hotel in question but he
said on his Facebook page that other athletes in his accommodation
had been ill.
"According to IAAF medics I am apparently suffering from food
poisoning which has affected several other athletes in the athletes'
hotel," he wrote on his Facebook page.
"Lets hope they will allow me to run my final tomorrow."
Makwala, among the favorites for the 400m, would normally be
scratched from the final after pulling out of another event.
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As he missed the heats on medical advice, however, he would be able
to run, if fit.
Ireland's 400m hurdler Thomas Barr was also forced out of his
semi-finals on Monday.
"I wasn't feeling great yesterday evening and later in the night I
was hit with a bad bout of gastroenteritis," Barr said in an
Athletics Ireland statement.
"My whole year has been focused on the World Championships ... and
I'm gutted to have to withdraw."
(Additional reporting by Greg Stutchbury, editing by Mitch
Phillips/Peter Rutherford)
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