Schools and madrassas identified as hot-points as Mombasa grapples with an outbreak of the red eye

As Mombasa County grapples with an outbreak of the red eye or conjunctivitis disease, schools and madrassas have been identified as hot-points. The county government has to this end advised parents whose children are suffering from the condition to keep them home to avoid worsening the outbreak; the disease is thought to have spread from Tanzania, where over 800 cases have been reported.