Germany's renowned Robert Koch Institute, on Thursday, June 18, announced that it is no longer considering Rwanda as a Covid-19 risk area, owing to the country's recent containment measures against the virus.
The announcement came after the country had not featured on the institute's list of Covid-19 risk areas in the past four days.
For instance, it is mandatory that all internationals traveling to Germany and have in the previous 14 days (2 weeks) been in a risk area are entitled to quarantine regulations of the responsible federal states.
Results for the evaluation are in particular the number of infections and the type of outbreak (locally limited or area-wide), test capacities as well as tests carried out per inhabitant as well as measures taken in the states to contain the infection process (hygiene regulations, contact tracking etc.)
The announcement comes on the same day Rwanda surpassed 100, 000 tests for coronavirus, according to Dr. Sabin Nsanzimana, Director General at Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC).
However, the Institute also takes into account if there is no reliable information for certain countries such as test capacities, as well as tests, carried out per inhabitant as well as measures taken to contain the infection process (hygiene regulations, contact tracking etc.).
