{"id":43782,"date":"2021-06-24T09:58:21","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T09:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwanda-confirms-three-deaths-among-recipients-of-covid-19-vaccine\/"},"modified":"2021-06-28T07:52:14","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T07:52:14","slug":"rwanda-confirms-three-deaths-among-recipients-of-covid-19-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwanda-confirms-three-deaths-among-recipients-of-covid-19-vaccine\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda confirms three deaths among recipients of COVID-19 vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Director General of RBC, Dr. Sabin Nsanzimana made the revelation yesterday appearing in a talk show aired on TV1.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have registered three recipients of COVID-19 vaccine who succumbed to the virus but it is not surprising because they had other chronic diseases. For instance, one of them had chronic cancer while another one suffered from heart disease,\u201d he said.   <\/p>\n<p>Dr. Nsanzimana explained that the vaccine strengthens immune system but doesn\u2019t prevent recipients from succumbing to COVID-19.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot attribute their deaths to COVID-19 because they had been already seriously weakened by other chronic diseases,\u201d he noted.   <\/p>\n<p>Dr. Nsanzimana urged the general public to continue adhering to instituted health guidelines because COVID-19 vaccine doesn\u2019t prevent someone from being infected or spreading the virus.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have recorded 400 recipients of COVID-19 vaccine who caught the virus. They were not critically ill but the majority of them were awaiting the second dose. People should avoid complacency because receiving the vaccine doesn\u2019t strengthen the immune system 100 percent,\u201d he advised.     <\/p>\n<p>Rwanda confirmed the first Coronavirus case on 14th March 2020. Since then, 33 260 people have been tested positive of whom 26 734 recovered, 6 129 are active cases, 12 are critically ill while 397 have succumbed to the virus. <\/p>\n<p>A total of 391,058 people have been vaccinated since Rwanda began countrywide inoculation programme on 5th March 2021.  <\/p>\n<p>Coronavirus symptoms include coughing, flu, and difficulty in breathing. The virus is said to be transmitted through the mucous membranes of the respiratory tract.<\/p>\n<p>Rwandans are urged to adhere to COVID-19 health guidelines, washing hands frequently using soaps and safe water, wearing face masks and respecting social distancing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-38747 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/umuyobozi_wa_rbc_dr_sabin_nsanzimana_yavuze_abarwayi_bahitanywe_na_covid-19_bari_baranduye_indwara_zikomeye_zirimo.jpg\" alt=\"The Director General of RBC, Dr. Sabin Nsanzimana.  \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC) has revealed that three recipients of COVID-19 vaccine with other chronic diseases are among people who succumbed to the virus in the past days.} <\/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":[72,75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-43782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","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":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","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":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43782","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=43782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43782\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43782"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=43782"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=43782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}