EASTAFRICA 28 MAR 2020
Rwanda has deployed policemen and soldiers across the country to enforce a lockdown that went into effect last weekend and has warned that anyone found violating the lockdown will be arrested or fined.
The country’s airspace has also been closed to all commercial flights since March 19 for 30 days, as a measure to stop the importation of the SARs-Cov-2 virus that causes the Covid-19 disease into the country.
At the time, only one coronavirus case had been confirmed in the country.
A week later, the cases had increased to 41 and the country is now under complete lockdown with 54 cases.
There are roadblocks on Kigali roads and on the highways leading to other major towns. The country’s borders have also been closed.
Scores of people in different parts of the country were arrested in the course of the week for violating the lockdown protocols.
As the rest of world was also shutting down, foreign embassies were rushing to get their citizens and diplomats on special flights out of the country, as all regular commercial flights had been halted.
