An outbreak of a highly contagious bacterial infection called shigella has stricken thousands of tourists in the West African island of Cape Verde. Hospitals flooded with patients have been described as a war zone' and at least six British tourists have died.
Cape Verde islands
The UK Health Security Agency recorded 137 cases of shigella between Oct and Dec 2025, with a staggering 80% of cases being patients who recently returned from Cape Verde.
The outbreak has led the UK Foreign Office to warn tourists about the risks of travelling to the holiday hotspot. A shigella outbreak struck the island in 2022. The most common ways people get sick are from eating or drinking contaminated food or water and contact with someone infected with Shigella. Shigella can also be spread during sexual activity with a sick person and can cause sepsis and organ failure.
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The US Coast Guard operates ships out of Cape Verde and years ago the US considered basing USAFRICOM from this west African archipelago. Link: DOD MOU with Cape Verde
Immediately after seizing power on 20 Jan 2025, Dummkopf Trumpf idiotically withdrew the US from the World Health Organization (WHO) and then he callously dismantled USAID which used to assist in combatting diseases like shigella or cholera in the Third World.
