The Ministry of Health today announced that it had issued a health alert warning people to be on the lookout for signs of red eye disease, especially among children. Doctor Thierry Nyatanyi, the head of Disease Prevention and Control of Epidemic Infectious diseases at Rwanda Biomedical Centre told The New Times that the decision followed reports that the disease had hit different parts of the country. It started three weeks ago in Bugesera, and Cyangugu, according to him, before it spread to other parts of the country; however it has been contained.