Uganda, April 21 -- Some parents in Jinja have backed a proposal by some schools to close earlier than planned for the first term holiday to contain the red eye disease outbreak, Monitor has established.

Schools officially opened February 5 and were due to close on May 3 for term 1 holidays.

But on Friday, some schools prematurely sent their learners home after discovering that red eyes disease was spreading at high speed with efforts to contain it unsuccessful especially among children in lower classes.

Within a month, Uganda reported over 7500 cases of red eye infections across the country.

Sulaiman Kakaire, one of the parents with a pupil at Ebenezer Standard Primary School, Mpumudde, in Jinja City, said:

"I was worried about my d...