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Rwanda: Garment Firms in Campaign to Help Vulnerable People Access Free Facemasks
New Times, 3 September 2020
We hope to address this challenge by bringing together all private and public sector stakeholders to contribute towards purchasing barrier facemasks and distributing them to the… Read more »
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Rwanda: Covid-19 - Rwanda Registers Another Death, 76 New Cases
New Times, 2 September 2020
A 71 year-old Rwandan on Wednesday, September 2, succumbed to Covid-19, raising the tally of those who have succumbed to the pandemic to 17 since the outbreak of the pandemic. Read more »
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Rwanda: Rwanda to Offer Covid-19 Tests at All Public Hospitals
New Times, 25 August 2020
Looking at the recent daily reports by RBC medics, the country's high number of tests done in a single day are often between 5,000 and 6,500 Read more »
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Rwanda: Covid-19 - Israel Lists Rwanda as Only African Country in "Green" Category
New Times, 27 August 2020
Some of the measures put in place to boost tourism between Israel and Rwanda include RwandAir's direct flight to Tel Aviv that began mid-last year and would fly three times a week,… Read more »
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Rwanda: City of Kigali Imposes Hefty Fines for Violation of Covid-19 Guidelines
New Times, 3 September 2020
The City of Kigali has announced tough penalties that include fines and detention for non-compliance of directives meant to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. Read more »
Covid-19 Rules Violators Now to Pay Hefty Fines in Kigali
The city has announced tough penalties that include fines and detention for non-compliance of directives meant to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. Traders and service providers who refuse digital payment will be charged a U.S.$26 fine and a possible closure of the business until the required payment has been made. Failure to wear or incorrectly wearing a face mask will result in a fine of U.S.$10 and 24-hour detention. For the last couple of weeks, Kigali has been the leading hotspot of Covid-19 country-wide, with workers in the currently closed Nyarugenge and Nyabugogo markets and their contacts being among high risk groups. Rwanda currently has 4,255 confirmed covid-19 cases and is among countries which have recorded the lowest deaths in the continent.
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The healh ministry is testing whether community-based management of Covid-19 is feasible in the country. Even though there has not been reports of the country's healthcare system ... Read more »
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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 ... Read more »
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The keys to reducing the global toll of the pandemic are known. Find, treat, isolate and contact trace every case of COVID-19. And while testing, treatment and tracing are under ... Read more »
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Rwanda has become the first country on the continent to order a total shutdown because of the novel coronavirus. All unnecessary movements outside the home have been banned for an ... Read more »
Passengers queue to board a bus at Nyabugogo Taxi Park in Kigali after the government eased lockdown regulations (file photo).
