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Rwanda: Interprovincial Travels, Taxi-Moto Restrictions Remain
New Times, 1 June 2020
Restrictions on interprovincial movements and passenger taxi-moto services will remain, the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement dated May 31. Read more »
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Rwanda: Rise in COVID-19 Cases Derails Rwanda's Plan to Lift Lockdown
East African, 1 June 2020
Rwanda on Sunday reported 11 new coronavirus cases, the highest number of infections reported in two weeks, a development that has frustrated the country's plan to reopen the… Read more »
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Rwanda: Rwanda Revises Policy to Meet COVID-19 Bills
East African, 30 May 2020
To cut down costs incurred by the government in containing the spread of Covid-19, Rwanda will no longer pay the cost of accommodation for arriving travellers, a move previously… Read more »
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Rwanda: Rwanda Reports Six New Cases of COVID-19
New Times, 29 May 2020
Rwanda on Friday, May 29 confirmed six new cases of Covid-19 and two recoveries. Read more »
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Rwanda: Study - 57% of SMEs Were Affected By COVID-19 Lockdown
New Times, 29 May 2020
At least 57.5 per cent of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) operating across different industries closed operations between March and April due to Covid-19 impact, a new… Read more »
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Rwanda: Restaurants, Salons Struggle to Enforce Physical Distancing Guidelines
New Times, 28 May 2020
Physical distancing is one of the most critical precautionary measures to contain coronavirus. Read more »
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Rwanda: Businesses Struggle to Pick Up Despite Lockdown Easing
New Times, 27 May 2020
The coronavirus outbreak has continued to push many small and medium enterprises on the edge even as the government recently lifted some lockdown restriction, allowing some… Read more »
Rwanda Makes U-Turn on Plan to Further Ease COVID-19 Lockdown
Transportation between provinces and the capital Kigali as well as motorcycle passenger services, which had reportedly been scheduled to resume on June 1, will remain closed until further notice in the interest of public health. Further COVID-19 measures will be announced by the cabinet on June 2, according to a statement by the prime minister. Rwanda so far has 370 confirmed cases, of whom 256 have been discharged from treatment centres after recovery.
Passengers queue to board a bus at Nyabugogo Taxi Park in Kigali (file photo).
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The development is reportedly part of the national motorcycle transport strategy to introduce a cashless based payment system for taxi-moto operators building on the success of ... Read more »
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165 trucks carrying about 40,000 litres of fuel each, are reportedly stuck on roadsides around the country with a total capacity of 6,6 million litres of fuel that was ordered ... Read more »
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This is the second time that the government has extended the lockdown period - this time by 11 days. This is part of the social distancing measures to stop the spread of the ... Read more »
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The two men were allegedly involved in a tussle with police officers, a police spokesperson has said. The country became the first on the continent to order a total shutdown ... Read more »
