A Surrey woman is suing Qatar Airways after alleging she contracted cholera on a flight last September.

Surrey resident Shafika Mohamed Shakir purchased a round-trip flight from Vancouver to Erbil, Iraq, and back in September of 2023. When she was on her way back to Vancouver from Doha, Qatar via San Francisco in the U.S. on Sept. 7, 2023, Shafika "was exposed to cholera and/or consumed cholera infected water," her notice of civil claim, filed Aug. 12 in B.C. Supreme Court, states.

People can contract cholera, which can be a deadly disease, from drinking water or eating food contaminated with cholera bacteria, according to the Centre for Disease Control website. It is often associated with places with unsafe drinking water, poor sanitation and inadequate hygiene.

Shakir, who is suing th

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