At least six people in the UK and Germany ended up in the hospital after consuming water from the Bermel Georgis holy well in ...

A recent cholera outbreak among British nationals is linked to contaminated holy water from Ethiopia's Bermel Giorgis ...

What started as a spiritual cleanse turned into a gastrointestinal purge. In January 2025, seven people in Europe came down ...

Ethiopia has been experiencing an ongoing cholera outbreak since 2022, with nearly 60,000 cases and 726 deaths reported. The ...

In all, "The extension of a cholera outbreak in Africa causing a cluster of infections in Europe is unusual," the authors ...

The NHS notes that cholera is not found in the UK but that it’s possible to contract the infection while travelling to areas ...

Researchers are warning that bottles of "holy water" from a well in Ethiopia could be laced with dangerous bacteria that ...

Consumption of holy water from Ethiopia has recently led to several cases of cholera in Germany and the United Kingdom (UK) with a multidrug-resistant Vibrio cholerae strain, according to a study ...

The Brits who fell ill with cholera had consumed water brought back from the Bermel Giorgis, a holy site in the country. The UK Health Security Agency said four patients ranging in age from their 20s ...