{"id":41868,"date":"2020-08-18T13:57:02","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T13:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/covid-19-mutangana-building-under-lockdown-traders-instructed-to-stay-home\/"},"modified":"2020-08-20T13:25:54","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T13:25:54","slug":"covid-19-mutangana-building-under-lockdown-traders-instructed-to-stay-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/covid-19-mutangana-building-under-lockdown-traders-instructed-to-stay-home\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: Mutangana building under lockdown, traders instructed to stay home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nyabugogo market located at Kwa Mutangana, and Kigali City Market also known as Nyarugenge Market and the businesses in their vicinity were closed for one week, effective August 17 by the city of Kigali.<\/p>\n<p>The development comes after more than 300 new cases were traced in Kigali in the last three days,  largely traced in the two markets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll traders in the two markets and the businesses in their vicinity should stay at home in effort to prevent more spread of COVID-19.\u201d Said Nyarugenge district statement, where the two markets are located.<\/p>\n<p>Traders with perishable commodities were given 24 hours, starting on August 17, to find potential buyers. <\/p>\n<p>They were also instructed to do two COVID-19 tests on August 17 and August 23 respectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyone who will not comply with this will not be allowed to use their stand when the markets reopen,\u201d reads the statement.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the wholesalers who used to supply the food commodities to the two markets that were closed, were given alternative sites where to sell their commodities from.<\/p>\n<p>Vegetables and fruits suppliers will be meeting their clients at Groupe Scolaire Kanyinya-Nyarugenge district which is located on Shyorongi hill.<\/p>\n<p>Other wholesalers of the same commodities in other areas were given Gitikinyoni market and other parts of the city, while irish potatoes traders will use the Nzove Warehouses in Nyarugenge district.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, numbers were still high with 87 new COVID-19 cases in Rwanda which took the total confirmed cases to 2540 cases and the active cases to 871.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36480 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/50236888527_8afa9382ab_b-25d96.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36481 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/50236889022_237b12b908_b-96d24.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36482 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/50236892627_b8caf88003_b-bea6d.jpg\" alt=\"Traders with perishable commodities were given 24 hours, starting on August 17, to find potential buyers.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36483 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/50236895307_29084afe20_b-e58c3.jpg\" alt=\"Traders were also instructed to do two COVID-19 tests on August 17 and August 23 respectively.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36484 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/50236023983_73e987d966_b-99170.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36485 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/50236022543_f810e43e0e_b-16430.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36486 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/50236028233_fcdaf80f64_b-80f02.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36487 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/50236674581_b08314caae_b-7ed86.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36488 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/50236888372_49a5d9e244_b-cb1f9.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nyarugenge District Administration has issued a statement instructing that after the closure of the Nyarugenge market also known as Mutangana&#8217;s house due to COVID-19, traders and loaders known as \u2018karani ngufu\u2019, should remain at home to avoid more spread of the pandemic.<\/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-41868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-nicole-kamanzi-m"],"bylines":[{"id":2942,"name":"Nicole Kamanzi 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