VANCOUVER — As many as four people have been infected with cholera in British Columbia, in what health officials are calling an extremely rare case. Dr. Shannon Waters, a medical health officer with Island Health, said the individuals likely contracted the illness after eating herring eggs harvested on the coast of Vancouver Island. Cholera may be passed person-to-person, but is usually contracted from bacteria in food or water sources infected with fecal matter, Waters said. Herring egg harvest is typically, on Vancouver Island, a First Nations harvest," Waters said. More than 100,000 people die from cholera around the world each year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control said.

Source: Huffington Post March 25, 2018 20:15 UTC