When the Covid-19 pandemic broke out at the end of 2019, many countries were caught off-guard as the virus went on rampage worldwide in the early months of 2020. Governments…
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National
COVID-19: Rwanda Records Highest Number of Cases Ever In A Single Day
by Edmund Kagire 1:43 amRwanda on Saturday recorded the highest number of COVID-19 cases after mass testing in the City of Kigali kicked off to determine the actual picture of the situation returned many…
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National
COVID-19: Two-Day Mass Testing Exercise to Reach Every Corner of Kigali
by Vincent Gasana 2:52 pmAs the ten-day stay at home period begins for people in Kigali, and ten other districts with the highest rates of Covid-19 infection, for researchers and healthcare workers, the work…
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As eleven districts, including three in the City of Kigali are put under lockdown, the underlying message from the government remains the same: we are all in it together, and…
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National
Lockdown 3.0: Gov’t to Roll Out Relief Support, Public Warned on Flouting Guidelines
by Williams Buningwire 11:22 pmAs Kigali city and eight districts prepare to enter a new total lockdown on Saturday 17, the third of its kind since the pandemic hit the country on 14 March,…
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Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) has announced plans to authorize a COVID-19 self-test detection methodology that will enable citizens to know their personal health status at a time when the SARS…
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People & Power
COVID-19: Could ‘Vaccine Nationalism’ Mutate Into Global Cooperation?
by Vincent Gasana 11:07 amThe Sars-Cov-2 pandemic is taking so much from humanity, but like all extreme situations, it is also a mirror through which the world can see the best and worst of…
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National
New COVID-19 Variants Recorded in Rwanda as Plans to Produce Vaccines Locally Advance
by Daniel Sabiiti 10:00 amThe Ministry of Health has attributed the increase of COVID-19 cases of infection and deaths to an infiltration of at least three variants among samples taken from patients. After the…
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National
COVID-19: Numbers Continue to Surge Amid Fears of Delta Variant in Rwanda
by Edmund Kagire 3:48 amCases of COVID-19 on Thursday surged again with daily fatalities remaining in double figures for two consecutive days as Rwanda braces itself to deal with the deadly Delta variant which…
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The Ministry of Health says the sudden eruption of the Mt Nyiragongo volcano in the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC) in May, forcing thousands of Congolese to cross the border to…
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COVID-19: Rwanda Records Over 850 Cases In a Single Day, 10 Deaths in 2 Days
by Edmund Kagire 5:05 amRwanda on Tuesday recorded the highest number of New Coronavirus cases in a single day and four fatalities, which brought deaths to 10 in just two days, in what affirmed…
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National
COVID-19: President Kagame Warns Against Laxity, Says Tougher Measures Possible to Halt 3rd Wave
by Edmund Kagire 10:30 amPresident Paul Kagame has spoken about the recent increasing new cases of COVID-19 in the country, warning that complacency and laxity in observing preventive guidelines could set the country back…