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Health Cabinet Secretary Cleopa Mailu blames food handlers for Cholera outbreak

Health CS Cleopa Mailu

Health Cabinet Secretary Cleopa Mailu Monday visited 47 police officers who were admitted at Sinai Hospital in Kajiado County after testing positive for cholera.

92 policemen were taken ill on Saturday night when they started exhibiting cholera-like symptoms of severe abdominal pain and diarrhoea after eating contaminated food. Some patients have already been treated and discharged while others are still under quarantine.

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