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Rwanda goes for more testing amid lockdown

Essential services providers in Rwanda

Only a few essential services providers in Rwanda are allowed to operate. PHOTO | CYRIL NDEGEYA 

By  Ange Iliza


The 10-day lockdown in Kigali has seen thousands of residents tested and treated as the government rolls out mass testing in areas with most Covid-19 prevalence.

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