Rwanda to upgrade Covid-19 testing to detect variants - minister

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Rwanda carried out mass testing for Covid-19 in Kigali at the weekend. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

Rwanda plans to upgrade its testing capacity to be able to trace the new variants of the coronavirus in the country. 

The Covid-19 variants identified in South Africa and the United Kingdom are believed to be more transmissible than the original Covid-19 virus, raising concern that the new strains may be more deadly.