{"id":41630,"date":"2020-07-03T08:29:10","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T08:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/covid-19-govt-starts-random-mass-street-testing-in-kigali\/"},"modified":"2020-07-07T14:11:41","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T14:11:41","slug":"covid-19-govt-starts-random-mass-street-testing-in-kigali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/covid-19-govt-starts-random-mass-street-testing-in-kigali\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: Govt starts random mass street testing in Kigali"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The street testing surveys were launched in the City of Kigali and at its entry points. <\/p>\n<p>RBC said that it is continuing to analyze the status of the Covid-19 pandemic in Kigali and it is in this context that a new assessment program was developed starting on Thursday, on some of the selected roads in the City. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a 5-minute drive through, where car occupants are not required to vacate their vehicles,&#8221; reads a related RBC notice to the public.<\/p>\n<p>As noted, this operation will provide factual information about the Covid-19 status in Kigali and &#8220;will lead to tactical response activities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A request is made to all Kigali residents to cooperate with RBC teams for the sake of successful completion of this important activity,&#8221; reads a statement released from the Center.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1215\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eeKeNZ44MlY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36066 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/igihe_pictures1_50-e73bc.jpg\" alt=\"A new random Covid-19 testing program on the streets of Kigali was announced by the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) effective Thursday, July 2.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36067 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/igihe_pictures1_43-54027.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36068 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/igihe_pictures1_32-28180.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36069 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/eb6p_atxsaekizm-d3621.jpg\" alt=\"The street testing surveys were launched in the City of Kigali and at its entry points. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36070 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/eb6r7btxqamwkxc-2d34f.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36071 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/eb6siq7wsaaqfxw-ea6c1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36072 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/igihe_pictures1_7-2-0f689.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36073 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/igihe_pictures1_29-4d9fb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36074 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/igihe_pictures1_35-e7f79.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36075 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/igihe_pictures1_44-0c97f.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;This is a 5-minute drive through, where car occupants are not required to vacate their vehicles,&quot; reads a related RBC notice to the public.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new random Covid-19 testing program on the streets of Kigali was announced by the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) effective Thursday, July 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[2942],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-41630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-nicole-kamanzi-m"],"bylines":[{"id":2942,"name":"Nicole Kamanzi M.","slug":"nicole-kamanzi-m","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"contributors":[{"id":2942,"name":"Nicole Kamanzi M.","slug":"nicole-kamanzi-m","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41630\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41630"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=41630"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=41630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}