Rwandan Health Minister Daniel Ngamije says his country now uses robots to protect doctors, who treat COVID-19 patients through minimising contact.
Ngamije announced this at a news conference in Moscow, adding that Rwanda has some health personnel who have been infected with COVID-19. He also noted that they do not have a big issue of health personnel affected by the virus so far.
Meanwhile, the World Health Organisation, WHO Regional Director for Africa Matshidiso Moeti added that around 35,000 health care workers were infected with COVID-19 in Africa, most of them 24,000 in South Africa. She also noted that the WHO was deploying more than 40 regional experts to South Africa to provide assistance.
In another development about, 10 people were killed and other 3,300 homes ruined by flooding triggered by torrential rains across much of Sudan this week.
The country’s civil defence organisation said some 1,800 homes were completely destroyed while just over 1,500 were partially ruined, while 21 schools and eight mosques were swept away.
