Health officials in Kisumu County are on high alert as several people are admitted with cholera related symptoms in different hospitals.
The county health chief officer Dr Ojwang Lusi said Seme and Kisumu West sub-counties have been greatly affected by the outbreak but no death has been reported yet.
Lusi said most patients have been treated and discharged while others are still admitted in various health facilities.
“There are 10 patients who were treated and discharged at Kombewa Sub-County Hospital, four others are still admitted. At Chulaimbo, we have seven patients while other patients are admitted in other hospitals within the region,” he said.
Speaking to the press in Kisumu on Monday at his office at Prosperity house, Lusi said they have taken drastic interventions in an effort to contain the disease from spreading to other areas within the county.
He said health officials are already on the ground in the affected areas chlorinating water sources that are believed to be the origin of the disease.
Lusi also banned food hawking in the affected areas and announced a closure of a market in Seme.
“Already my officers have arrested four people who were hawking food after the ban, they will be arraigned in court,” he said.
He further noted that the interventions are being replicated across the county as a stopgap measure to prevent spread of the disease.