According to the daily updates from the Ministry of Health, no new case was recorded among 895 samples that were tested in the previous 24 hours. The total cases are 287 and active cases remain 119, many of wo were truck drivers and their assistants from Tanzania.

Since the ease of the lockdown, on May 4th to May 18th, which allowed most businesses to resume operations for two weeks’ time, eryone has been urged to put on facemasks in public and in multi-family compounds, to continue washing hands regularly, and to practice social distancing among other directives.

The public is also reminded to always call 114- the toll-free line of Rwanda Biomedical Center, whenever they experience symptoms of this pandemic such as fever, dry cough and shortness of breath.