Cholera kills one more in Budalang'i

A six-year-old boy died of cholera in Budalang’i, raising to two the number of those who have died since the outbreak was reported. Busia County Chief Health Officer Asoka Itur said  the boy died after drinking untreated water from River Nzoia. 

Twenty others have been hospitalised at Port Victoria Level Four Hospital.  Cholera cases have been reported in Bunyala West, Bunyala North, Sigiri, Sirisia and Magombe East in Budalang’i Constituency. The County Government has dispatched a team of public health officers to treat water sources in the area. Itur said the county had ordered that all eateries in the region should be shut, and declared that families would not be allowed to serve meals to multitudes during weddings and funerals.