Tweet
Source: https://www.news24.com/Africa/News/h...eport-20180908
?Holy water? blamed for cholera outbreak in Ethiopia ? report
2018-09-08 10:27
A cholera outbreak in Ethiopia?s northern Tigray region has reportedly been blamed on holy water, after at least 10 people died over the past two weeks, while more than 1 200 people have contracted the disease.
According to BBC, authorities have blamed the spread of the acute water diarrhoea to poor hygiene and the drinking of unsafe water.
The authorities have also identified contaminated holy water in some of the region's monasteries as being behind the outbreak.
It was believed that the water is being taken from rivers that carry the disease...
?Holy water? blamed for cholera outbreak in Ethiopia ? report
2018-09-08 10:27
A cholera outbreak in Ethiopia?s northern Tigray region has reportedly been blamed on holy water, after at least 10 people died over the past two weeks, while more than 1 200 people have contracted the disease.
According to BBC, authorities have blamed the spread of the acute water diarrhoea to poor hygiene and the drinking of unsafe water.
The authorities have also identified contaminated holy water in some of the region's monasteries as being behind the outbreak.
It was believed that the water is being taken from rivers that carry the disease...