Family of Birmingham mum who died on Cape Verde holiday seek answers

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Hundreds of patients and four dead. This is the result of an epidemic of shigellosis that caused chaos in Cape Verde, a small island off the coast of Senegal, for several months in 2025. According to our Parisian colleagues, the first person to succumb to this bacterium was called Elena Walsh and was 64 years old. After catching what looks like a gastroenteritis, she was hospitalized for violent stomach ailments before dying a few days later of …

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In the course of three months, four British tourists died after a stay in the archipelago, victims of a violent digestive infection contracted during or just after their holidays, in establishments frequented by tour operators. Since 2022, successive waves of acute diarrhoea have hit holidaymakers housed in all-inclusive complexes, especially on the island of Sal and Boa Vista.