How Holy Water from Ethiopia Sparked a Cholera Outbreak in Europe

Brits fall ill with drug-resistant cholera after drinking holy water

The Bermel Giorgis in Ethiopia has sickened multiple British nationals (Picture: Sacred Waters) Multiple British nationals fell ill with a drug-resistant strain of cholera after drinking holy water abroad. In Ethiopia, almost half of the country’s population – nearly 60,000,000 – don’t have access to clean water. But thousands make pilgrimages to Ethiopia, where holy water is believed to have healing powers. The Brits who fell ill with cholera h…

How Holy Water from Ethiopia Sparked a Cholera Outbreak in Europe

Imported holy water was linked to rare European cholera infections.

Tainted Holy Water Caused a Cholera Outbreak in Europe

A group of devout travelers from Germany and the UK went on a spiritual pilgrimage that ended with them writhing on toilets as they were infected with a particularly nasty strain of drug-resistant cholera. Health officials traced the outbreak to tainted holy water that the travelers came into contact with while in Ethiopia. According to health officials in Germany and the UK, seven people were infected after either visiting or coming into close …

Cholera Outbreak Traced to Holy Water From Ethiopia

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

Cholera-infested holy water expels more than demons

If your faith enriches your life and hurts no one, I'm glad you have it as a source of comfort (God knows we need it right now.) But maybe, if you're on a pilgrimage to a holy site in an area that's full of cholera, leave the holy water alone. — Read the rest The post Cholera-infested holy water expels more than demons appeared first on Boing Boing.

Bottles of "Holy Water" Contaminated With Cholera Send European Tourists to the ICU

Researchers are warning that bottles of "holy water" from a well in Ethiopia could be laced with dangerous bacteria that could cause cholera. As detailed in a new report published in the journal Eurosurveillance and spotted by Ars Technica, three German and four British tourists developed a nasty case of cholera, a bacterial disease spread through contaminated water and food, after drinking or splashing their face with holy water from plastic bo…