Cholera is a bacterial infection that can cause severe diarrhea and life-threatening fluid loss. Transmission usually takes place via bacterially contaminated drinking water. Cholera is an acute, highly contagious gastrointestinal infection caused by cholera bacteria. Children and adults are equally affected.

Bacterial danger from Ukraine-Russia conflict

London warns of cholera outbreak in Mariupol

Access to clean drinking water is inconsistent… In Ukraine there was a severe cholera epidemic in 1995 and since then there have been repeated smaller outbreaks… Source DPA