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 ...

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

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 ...

The water, taken from a sacred well and flown back to the UK earlier this year, contained a drug-resistant strain of the ...

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

A cholera outbreak resurgence was reported in Ethiopia in early February.

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 ...