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

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

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

It comes after the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) identified four cases of cholera in Britain last month, with cases ...

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

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

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 ...

Two had travelled to Ethiopia in January, and acquired a small plastic bottle of water with water from the holy well in Bermel Giorgis. Upon their return to Germany, both people consumed the water.

Brit tourists have brought back cholera to the UK after catching the deadly bacterial disease from holy water which was ...