NAIROBI, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- Two people have died from fresh outbreak of cholera in Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa after heavy rains had pounded the area over the last three weeks.
County Health Executive Hazel Koitaba confirmed on Thursday that a mother and her child succumbed to cholera on Tuesday while 25 others have been admitted in various health facilities.
"The situation is now under control after embarking on treatment of borehole water especially in the area and other informal settlements," Koitaba said by phone.
He said the two succumbed to their deaths at home forcing health personnel to conduct mass tests in the county.
Health Cabinet Secretary Cleopa Mailu has cautioned Kenyans to beware of waterborne diseases such as cholera and typhoid during this current rainy season.
"Floods are already causing burst sewers, water shortages and increase of mosquitoes in most parts of the country," he said in a statement issued in Nairobi.
Mailu said the government has distributed 250,000 mosquito bed nets and 150,000 doses of antimalarial drugs in the last few weeks.
He revealed that 3,244 cases of cholera have been reported this year with 60 deaths.
In August and September, there were reported cases of malaria in Baringo, Marsabit and Turkana, North Western Kenya that killed 10 people.
