Hoima : Number of people infected with Cholera rises to 812

The number of people that have been infected with Cholera in Hoima district has risen to 812 with the cumulative death toll now standing at 29.

Dr Fred Kugonza, the Hoima district disease surveillance officer, told URN on Tuesday that last week 200 more cases were reported at Sebigoro Reception Centre in Kabwoya Sub county and Kasonga in Kyangwali sub county.

He says the new cases have been taken to Isolation centres at Sebigoro and Kasonga respectively.

Dr Kugonza fears that the number could escalate since most of the refugees are still scattered within the host communities.

He says the disease has further spread in the landing sites of Kyehoro, Kaiso and Nyawaiga that are in the sub counties of Buseruka, Kyangwali and Kabwoya.

State minister for Health Sarah Opendi says that since the outbreak was reported earlier this month, a total of 535 suspected cases have been recorded at both Kyangwali and Kyaka II refugee settlements.