Rwanda Announces Lockdown as Covid-19 Cases Rise
The Rwandan government has imposed a 10-day lockdown in the capital Kigali and eight districts amid a rising number of coronavirus cases and deaths.
Gathogo Wanjiru 
Rwandans have been ordered not to leave their homes from this Saturday to 26 July to try to stop the virus from the spread.
Businesses, public works, and transport, schools, sports, and entertainment are all closed, and burials have been reduced to only 15 attendants.
People can only move out of their houses for essential services, or if they are essential workers.
The last 4 weeks have seen Rwanda recording numbers of cases with nearly 1,000 per day and the last seven days being the deadliest.
According to the Health officials, the fast-spreading and deadlier Delta variant are behind the worst that the country is facing.
Rwanda has recorded more than 50,000 Covid cases and over 600 deaths. More than 400,000 people have been vaccinated.
