The first four patients to recover from COVID-19 since Rwanda confirmed the first case on March 14 have been released from Kanyinya Health Center where they had been hospitalised. As the four were discharged, the ministry of health confirmed two new cases bringing the total of infected to 104 since the disease first broke out in the country.
Captain Dr Ernest Nahayo, Director of the Kanyinya Health Center confirmed that three Rwandans and one Burundian, Fabrice Nahimana recovered from the disease and were returning to their families.
Armed with their certificates and face masks, the very first four recovered from COVID-19 in Rwanda and left thanking the Rwandan government as well the very devoted medical staff for the care with which they were surrounded during their stay at the center in Kanyinya.
Dr Nahayo underlined that others who recover will continue to be discharged from the health centre from tomorrow and the following days.
For his part, the Director of Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC), Dr Sabin Nsanzimana, appreciates the efforts made in the fight against the pandemic. He advises people to get tested early because it has more benefits for quick healing.
“People do not heal or stay in the hospital for a long time because often they are treated late when the lungs have been badly damaged by the virus,” he said.
The ministry of health has opened a 2nd center for to treatment of COVID-19 patients, the new center is located in Bugesera.
