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Viral conjunctivitis is worse during dry season while bacterial conjunctivitis worsen during cold season. [iStockphoto]
At least 300,000 refugees at Kakuma refugee camp are at high risk of contracting viral red eye disease (conjunctivitis).
An outbreak of the disease has been reported in Turkana West sub-county where medics have raised the alarm over the spread of the disease within the refugee camp that extends to surrounding villages within the host community.
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