Rwanda’s Kigali city will remain under lockdown for seven more days until February 7, as the government continues to do mass testing to curb rising coronavirus infections.
The decision was made following a virtual cabinet meeting chaired by President Paul Kagame on Tuesday.
Restrictions on the movement of people have started slowing infections, with the country’s positivity rate, which is currently at 5.4 percent as of Tuesday, down from 7.5 before the lockdown.
“We have started to see a difference in Covid-19 numbers from before the lockdown and its first week. We are positive that after one more week, the impact will have been amplified,” said Dr Daniel Ngamije, Ministry of Health.
Recorded deaths have been decreased by 36 percent since before lockdown and recovery numbers have increased, he added.
In the last two weeks, the ministry conducted extensive Covid-19 testing in all sectors in Kigali.
Source: The East African
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