Rwanda on Monday confirmed 17 new Covid-19 cases to take its infection tally to 36 as the country imposed Africa’s first lockdown to cage the virus spread.
The Health Ministry said three of the new cases were of travelers from Kenya. Nine were from Dubai, UAE, two from the United States, one from Qatar and another from India.
The 17th patient, the authorities said, was a contact of a previously confirmed case who had been identified through tracing.
Rwanda said the individuals entered isolation between March 17 and March 20 “in designated locations and were tested.
This means they arrived in the country during that period.”All patients are under treatment in stable condition, isolated from other patients,” the health ministry said, adding that it was tracing everyone who had come in contact with the 17.
When we contacted the Rwandan High Commission in Nairobi in regard to the three patients from Kenya, all our calls were unanswered.
We wanted to inquire about the nationalities of the three travelers and more details, if any, on them.
Similar attempts to get answers from the Office of Government Spokesman were also futile. Spokesman Cyrus Oguna did not answer our call or respond to our message at the time of publishing this story.
Kenya so far has confirmed 16 coronavirus cases after a patient tested positive yesterday
Rwanda confirmed its first coronavirus case on March 14, an Indian who arrived in the country from Mumbai on March 8.
Thirteen days later on Saturday, March 21, it declared a countrywide lockdown to contain the spread of the highly-contagious virus.
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