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| British child who died in Sharm el-Sheikh pool named | British child who died in Sharm el-Sheikh pool named |
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| A British child who died in a pool at a hotel in Egypt has been named as five-year-old Chloe Johnson from Forest Hill, south London. | A British child who died in a pool at a hotel in Egypt has been named as five-year-old Chloe Johnson from Forest Hill, south London. |
| First Choice holidays said she died in a waterpark at the Coral Sea Waterworld Hotel in the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. | First Choice holidays said she died in a waterpark at the Coral Sea Waterworld Hotel in the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. |
| A spokeswoman said the company would carry out a "full and thorough investigation" into what happened. | |
| BBC News correspondent James Pearce said the waterpark only opened at the start of May. | |
| Chloe's grandmother, April Johnson, told Sky News her granddaughter was "a lovely, lovely girl" who was "intelligent for her age". | |
| Sharm el-Sheikh is one of the most popular Red Sea holiday destinations. | Sharm el-Sheikh is one of the most popular Red Sea holiday destinations. |
| The spokeswoman for First Choice said: "First Choice can sadly confirm that a child has died while staying at the Coral Sea Waterworld hotel in Egypt. The incident occurred in a pool in the hotel's waterpark. | The spokeswoman for First Choice said: "First Choice can sadly confirm that a child has died while staying at the Coral Sea Waterworld hotel in Egypt. The incident occurred in a pool in the hotel's waterpark. |
| "Our thoughts and condolences are with the family at this extremely difficult time. The British Consulate were immediately informed and they are now working with our dedicated resort team in Egypt to offer every assistance possible to the family in resort. | "Our thoughts and condolences are with the family at this extremely difficult time. The British Consulate were immediately informed and they are now working with our dedicated resort team in Egypt to offer every assistance possible to the family in resort. |
| "In partnership with the hotelier, our resort team are working to understand how the incident occurred, and we will be carrying out a full and thorough investigation. | "In partnership with the hotelier, our resort team are working to understand how the incident occurred, and we will be carrying out a full and thorough investigation. |
| "At this time our priority is to provide support to the family." | "At this time our priority is to provide support to the family." |
| 'Strict criteria' | |
| A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are aware of the death of a British national in Sharm el-Sheikh on 17 May. We are providing consular assistance to the family at this difficult time." | A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are aware of the death of a British national in Sharm el-Sheikh on 17 May. We are providing consular assistance to the family at this difficult time." |
| According to its website, the Coral Sea Waterworld resort is located on a beach in Nabq Bay, and has 369 rooms. | |
| About one million tourists from the UK visited Egypt last year, according to travel association ABTA. | |
| But the number of British visitors has dropped by about half a million since the start of the political unrest which came with the Arab Spring in 2011. | |
| An ABTA spokeswoman said there had been no particular concerns regarding water parks in the region in recent times. | |
| "There is a lot of focus on health and safety in water parks because they are often visited by families with children and major tour operators will have very strict criteria in place," she said. |