By Tolit Ivan & Agency
Health authorities have confirmed an outbreak of Cholera in Elegu Town Council, in Amuru district, after 14 suspected samples tested at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital Laboratory turned positive.
The samples were referred last week after 14 people, including a four-year-old child, presented with acute symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea in the bustling border town, which lies at the Uganda-South Sudan border. As of now, the district has registered 14 cases, one death and 62 contacts.
The patients are receiving treatment at Bibia Health centre III while others have been transferred to St Mary’s Hospital Lacor and Gulu Regional Referral Hospital.
Milton Okello, the Amuru District Surveillance Focal Point person, warned that cases of the disease could steadily rise if all standard operating procedures are not properly followed by the community in Elegu town council.
Geoffrey Osborn Oceng, the Amuru Resident District Commissioner, says that the district was in touch with the Ministry of Health on the emerging Cholera situation.
The latest outbreak comes just less than three months after Lamwo district declared an end to the cholera outbreak in the district that left one dead and 106 positive cases registered in Agoro sub-county.
