Fifty administrative sectors from thirteen districts have been placed under lockdown due to the surging number of Covid-19 cases. The new districts will now join Kigali city and eight other districts, which are already in lockdown. The Minister of Local Government, Jean Marie Vianne Gatabazi, said in in a statement that the Covid-19 situation has worsened these sectors, hence prompting a lockdown. This followed an assessment conducted by health authorities. The lockdown will start on July 28 and last for two weeks, the statement said, urging residents to abide by the new measures. In Ruhango, Southern province, six sectors including Kinazi, Mbuye, Ntongwe, Ruhango, Kinihira and Byimana were placed in lockdown. In Muhanga District they include: Shyogwe, Kiyumba, Cyiza, Nyamabuye, Rugendabari, Muhanga and Mushishiro sector. The sectors in Nyamagabe, also in the southern province include Kamegeri, Kibumbwe, Gasaka and Mugano, while Nyanza saw Busoro, Mukingo, Kibilizi and Kigoma sector put in lockdown. In Huye District, they include Tumba, Kinanzi and Gishamvu while in Nyaruguru it is only Ngera sector In the Northern province, only Cyungo, Burega and Shyorongi in Rulindo district will be placed under lockdown. Different sectors from three districts of the Eastern province will also be under lockdown. Kayonza: Mukarange, Mwiri, Gahini, Murundi, Rukara and Nyamirama In Bugesera they include Rilima, Juru, Nyamata, Ruhuha and Shyara. Muhura, Kageyo, Remera, Kabarore and Murambi in Gatsibo District. Three districts from the Western province will also have sectors under lockdown: Nyamasheke: Nyabitekeri, Shangi and Bushenge. Rusizi: Nyakabuye and Gitambi. In Karongi District it is Murambi sector. The development comes after the lockdown placed in Kigali city and eight other districts had eased the rate of infection in those areas. Medics consider the lockdown as the paramount way of reducing community infections since it bans social interactions and movements which speeds up the transmission of this respiratory infection. Rwanda is recording the third wave of the virus and the health ministry said that a record surge in new cases, which started in June, had been caused by the highly transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus, which accounted for 60 per cent of recorded infection.
