This comes as the country overseas a meticulous Covid-19 testing and contact tracing while trying to keep the rate of community infections low. Rwanda’s systematic containment measures, that involved strict enforcement of lockdown rules on neighborhoods like Rubavu and Rusizi with suspected Covid-19 cases to suppress community infections worked. The Rwanda Biomedical Centre says that the Covid-19 street survey testing will be targeting 5,000 people daily. The employment of technology and phone tools in its contact tracing is also working for the country. The Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority now relies on phone data profiles to trace people who had contact with Covid-19 patients.

Source: Daily Nation July 10, 2020 03:33 UTC