Rwanda National Police (RNP) arrested 14 people at a restaurant in Kicukiro District on Saturday, June 26, where 13 of them were at the time in the spa.
Those arrested at the restaurant located in Nyarugunga Sector include one Lilliane Umugwaneza,
At the time of the operation at about 2pm on Saturday, Umugwaneza was found socializing with another man identified as Norbert Karangwa.
Although Umugwaneza claimed that she did not know that she was Covid-19 positive, Rwanda Biomedical Centre said that she had been informed of her status the previous day and advised to self-isolation.
Umugwaneza had claimed that after going for the Covid-19 test at Kanimba polyclinic on Friday, she received the positive results on Saturday afternoon.
However, Dr. Sonia Iradukunda from RBC said that Umugwaneza was informed of her status shortly after she took the test.
Dr. Iradukunda observed that she refused to self-isolate because she had a journey.
“Umugwaneza received her results shortly after the tests were carried out at Kamimba polyclinic and they advised her isolate herself. The polyclinic also immediately informed us of her status and we started looking for her to take her to Kanyinya treatment centre but she was nowhere to be seen until Police found her at the restaurant socializing with other people, which raises more concerns of how many others she could have infected in the process,” Dr. Iradukunda said
Dr. Iradukunda advised Norbert Karangwa, who was found with Umugwaneza as well as all others that could have had any contact with her to go for Covid-19 test and self-quarantine for at least seven days to prevent any further spread of the virus. (End)