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VIDEO: Cholera kills 14 people, leaves 91 others lying in hospital beds

Wilkister Nyabwa By Wilkister Nyabwa Published on: May 29, 2016 10:57 (EAT)

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The death toll from the cholera outbreak in Mandera County has risen to 14. Two people died last night while undergoing treatment at the Mandera County referral hospital where 91 other patients are admitted.

Health workers are now disinfecting homes in a race to contain the outbreak as well as the Chikungunya fever that has affected nearly 600 people.

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