Rwanda launches largest treatment centre amidst Covid-19 surge
Monday January 11 2021
The newly completed Nyarugenge District Hospital already in Kigali where the government has established the largest Covid-19 treatment centre. PHOTO | CYRIL NDEGEYA | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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The country is desperately trying to control a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic that had by January 8 claimed 115 lives, with 2,313 active cases.
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Rwanda has launched its largest treatment centre for Covid-19 patients, which is expected to provide relief for overwhelmed hospitals across the country.
The new centre has the capacity to admit 140 patients under its intensive care unit and comes at a time when the country is desperately trying to control a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic that had by January 8 claimed 115 lives, with 2,313 active cases.
Rwanda grapples with rising Covid-19 deaths
Friday January 01 2021
A staff of the Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC) screens passengers at a bus station in Kigali, Rwanda on March 22, 2020. PHOTO | FILE | AFP
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Rwanda s Minister of State for Health, Dr Tharcisse Mpunga attributed the spike to complacency during the festive season as many people stopped following the safety guidelines.
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Rwanda is grappling with a spike in coronavirus-related deaths which have increased sharply over the festive season.
As of Wednesday, December 30 last year, the country confirmed 122 new Covid-19 infections, raising Rwanda s tally of positive cases to 8,250. Of these, 6,369 have already recovered. Some 725,804 tests have so far been done.
The East African
Thursday December 31 2020
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Rwanda has received 130 more asylum seekers who were stranded in Libya. They will stay in Rwanda until they are resettled in other countries – mainly in Europe and North America.
The asylum seekers, mainly from Somalia, Sudan, and Eritrea, also have the option of applying for Rwandan citizenship or returning to their country of origin.
The refugees were evacuated to Rwanda following months of suffering in Libya, where they were stuck after a failed bid to migrate to European countries.
After the reception, the new batch will be taken to a designated transit hotel for Covid-19 tests before joining others in Gashora Emergency Transit Centre.
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