A Fresh outbreak of plague is suspected after two people died of similar symptoms in Vurra County, Arua District where the health officials here have put the community on alert. Over the years, plague outbreaks have been emerging from the neighbouring DR Congo. When contacted, the District Health Officer, Dr Patrick Anguzu, said he was still consulting for details of the disease. “Well, I have not yet received a report on the outbreak but I will try to consult,” he said. But the Vurra MP, Dr Sam Okuonzi, told Daily Monitor in a telephone interview that the two died in Opia Parish. As a drive to fight the annual disease, in 2009, the Ministry of Health launched a sensitisation programme for the two bordering districts of Nebbi and Arua where previous outbreaks have occurred.
- RSOE EDIS
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