By XINHUA
Rwandan Minister of Health Daniel Ngamije on Sunday said Rwanda has not detected the new strain of COVID-19 that was reported in Britain and other countries.
Ngamije, who made the remarks during a live talk show about the COVID-19 status in Rwanda at the national broadcaster Rwanda Television, also revealed that about 95 percent of the COVID-19 patients in the country are under home-based care.
He called on Rwandan citizens to strictly adhere to COVID-19 preventive guidelines in order to contain further spread of the virus, thus curbing the surge of new cases.
Rwanda on Sunday reported a single-day record of 328 new cases, including 246 in the capital city of Kigali. The rise brought the national tally to 12,975, with 8,429 recoveries and 174 deaths.
The east-central African nation has seen an “unprecedented rise in cases, deaths and transmission rates in the community” recently, while in Kigali a surge in new cases made the government reinstate a lockdown in the city from last Tuesday until a review by the cabinet at least after 15 days.
Police representatives in the same talk show said they had, during the last five days, arrested at least 2,630 people for breaking lockdown rules.