Update COVID-19 17 July 2020

COVID_19 Update Rwanda

17 July 2020 — Twelve (12) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3432 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to one thousand, four hundred and eighty-five (1485). To date, eight hundred and eleven (811) patients have recovered and been discharged, including forty-one (41) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is six hundred and seventy (670) and four (4) deaths. 

Democratic Republic of the Congo Ebola cases rise, surpass previous outbreak

Democratic Republic of the Congo Ebola cases rise, surpass previous outbreak
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) Equateur Province continues to grow, causing major concern as the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners face critical funding gaps. Confirmed cases have now surpassed the total number recorded during the province’s last outbreak in 2018.

Update COVID-19 16 July 2020

COVID_19 Update Rwanda

16 July 2020 — Thirty-eight (38) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 5556 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to one thousand, four hundred and seventy-three (1473). To date, seven hundred and seventy (770) patients have recovered and been discharged, including eighteen (18) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is six hundred and ninety-nine (699) and four (4) deaths. 

WHO Representative in Mauritius speaking about COVID-19 during the 5th Nelson Mandela Memorial Lecture 2020

Dr L. Musango, WHO Representative in Mauritius receiving a shield from Mrs S. Nirsimloo-Gayan, Director General of the Mahatma Gandhi Institute, Moka, Mauritius
Dr Laurent Musango, WHO Representative was invited to make a presentation on COVID-19 at the Mahatma Gandhi Institute in Moka on 15 July 2020 on the occasion of the 5th Nelson Mandela Memorial Lecture 2020. During his presentation, Dr L. Musango elaborated on the situation on COVID-19 at the global, African and local levels to 50 participants, social distancing requirement obliged and some 650 online participants. ‘Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to accelerate with 230,000 cases reported to WHO in a single day’, said Dr L. Musango, who added, ‘all countries are at risk.  However, not all countries have been affected in the same way.’    WHO Representative in Mauritius pointed out that South Africa is too much affected with COVID-19 as compared to rest of the countries in the African Region.  He also indicated that WHO is following on a number of indicators to evaluate the performance of countries in fighting COVID-19.  These indicators include Case Fatality Rate (CFR), Proportion of Mortality of Health Workers and Capacity Testing, among others.

The Government of South Korea and WHO extend support worth Ten Million Dollars towards Health System Strengthening for Improving Reproductive, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health-Service Delivery in Five districts in Busoga sub-region in Uganda

  WHO Representative in Uganda, Dr Yonas Tegegn Woldemariam and KOICA Country Director, Mr. Kim Taeyoung upon signing the agreement to improve RMNCAH services in Busoga sub-region

 Kampala 16th July 2020:- The South Korean government through its donor coordinating agency, Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have extended support worth Ten Million Dollars towards the improvement of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) services in five districts in Busoga sub-region.

WHO trains lab technicians on safe handling of highly infectious samples

WHO staff demonstrating to trainees

Proper collection of samples from a human body and safely handling them to a testing laboratory is one of the key areas of response to outbreaks of highly infectious diseases, including COVID-19.  Earlier assessments by National Public Health Laboratory (NPHL) identified gaps in collection of COVID-19 samples, packaging and transportation to the NPHL.

Update COVID-19 15 July 2020

COVID_19 Update Rwanda

15 July 2020 — Nineteen (19) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 2423 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to one thousand, four hundred and thirty-five (1435). To date, seven hundred and fifty-two (752) patients have recovered and been discharged, including fifteen (15) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is six hundred and seventy-nine (679) and four (4) deaths.