10 counties on high alert amid new cholera cases

Cholera is an acute bacterial disease. It causes severe acute watery diarrhoea, vomiting, and dehydration which leads to death, if not treated on time. [iStockphoto]

At least six deaths and 271 new cases of cholera have been reported in the country in the past two weeks.

The deaths, according to cholera situation report by the Ministry of Health, have been reported in Mombasa (1), Homa Bay (3) and two in Siaya County.