Cholera hits Arua district

Three people have died in a fresh Cholera outbreak in Arua district.

27people have been already been admitted  in the different health facilities .

According to the assistant director disaster management at the Uganda Red Cross society, Kevin Nabuduwa, the district health officers and Red Cross are doing all it takes to contain te disease

She attributes the out break out to  poor sanitation with many people lacking pit latrines

Nabuduwa however says that  they have started giving out aqua tablets for water purification.

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