{"id":45186,"date":"2022-01-27T08:41:32","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T08:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/curfew-extended-to-midnight-concerts-permitted-to-resume\/"},"modified":"2022-01-31T07:12:46","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T07:12:46","slug":"curfew-extended-to-midnight-concerts-permitted-to-resume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/curfew-extended-to-midnight-concerts-permitted-to-resume\/","title":{"rendered":"Curfew extended to midnight, concerts permitted to resume"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The measures are part of resolutions of the cabinet meeting that convened at Village Urugwiro on Wednesday 26th January 2022 chaired by President Paul Kagame.  <\/p>\n<p>The previous resolutions were released on 14th December 2021 where the country took stringent measures after confirming new cases of COVID-19 Omicron variant.  <\/p>\n<p>At the time, the Government prohibited movements from 10 p.m until 4a.m while concerts were put to halt.  <\/p>\n<p>The new measures to take effect starting Thursday 27th January 2022 follow the reduction of new cases and increased number of COVID-19 vaccine recipients. They will be reviewed after one month upon health assessment. <\/p>\n<p>The cabinet meeting has also resolved that public offices will continue with essential staff at no more than 50% capacity, while other employees continue working from home on a rotational basis.  <\/p>\n<p>Private offices will continue with essential staff at no more than 75% capacity.  <\/p>\n<p>Motorbike and bicycle taxis are permitted to carry passengers in adherence with COVID-19 preventive measures.  Operators and passengers are obliged to be vaccinated or, face penalties for non-compliance.  <\/p>\n<p>Social gatherings have been also allowed to resume without exceeding 50% for indoor and 75% for outdoor venues. <\/p>\n<p>Services held at places of worship must not exceed 75% maximum occupancy, restaurants are allowed to operate with 75% occupancy limit. Church goers and clients must be vaccinated.  <\/p>\n<p>Among others, night clubs and live bands shall resume progressively upon assessment and approval by Rwanda Development Board. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-40765 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/apo_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-40766 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/apo_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-40767 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/apo_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-40764 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/curfew-2.jpg\" alt=\"Curfew has been set at 12:00 a.m.  \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{The Government of Rwanda has eased COVID-19 preventive measures where curfew hours have been extended to midnight from the previous 10p.m through 4a.m while concerts shall resume gradually.} <\/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-45186","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\/45186","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=45186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45186\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45186"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=45186"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=45186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}