Africa: Cases linked to Cross-Border Truck Drivers

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Source: https://www.ktpress.rw/2020/04/covid...vers-recorded/


Rwanda- COVID-19: Seven New Cases Linked to Cross Border Truck Drivers Recorded
byEdmund Kagire April 26, 2020 at 12:27 am 0

Rwanda yet again recorded seven new cases of New Coronavirus attributed to truck drivers on Saturday out of 1, 275 tests done. The Ministry of Health said the new numbers, which follow 22 cases recorded on Friday reflect a spike in the cases.

The seven take the total cases registered in Rwanda to 183 but 1 new recovery put the recoveries at 88 while active cases are now 95.

“This reflects a rise in cases of cross-border truck drivers and their assistants. All active cases are in isolation in stable condition,” the Ministry of Health said in the daily brief.

Cross-border truck drivers and their assistants, mainly from Tanzania, entering through Rusumo border post are in the spotlight for being the new importers of new coronavirus in the region...

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Source: https://www.pmldaily.com/news/2020/0...k-drivers.html

COVID-19 UPDATE: Museveni expected to address country again on Tuesday, Uganda to announce tough measures for cargo truck drivers
JAVIRA SSEBWAMI | PML Daily Staff Writer by JAVIRA SSEBWAMI | PML Daily Staff Writer
April 26, 2020

KAMPALA —President Museveni is expected to address the country on Tuesday to announce new measures aimed at stopping the spread of the coronavirus virus.

The mentioned on Friday that he will in detailed address, address the issue of truck drivers and cross-border trade amid coronavirus lockdown in the region.

“Tests have shown that we have problems with the truck drivers and at this very moment, the Minister of Health is meeting line ministers of the different East African Countries to map a way forward,” he said...

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Source: https://www.nation.co.ke/news/Mass-C...7rm/index.html

Kenya- Mass Covid-19 testing for all truck drivers
Sunday April 26 2020
By NASIBO KABALE

The government has ordered targeted mass testing of truck drivers after it emerged that Kenya has been exporting Covid-19 to neighbouring countries.

This comes as the government confirmed 12 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of those who have tested positive to 355.

Health Chief Administrative Secretary Rashid Aman said the decision to test transit cargo drivers was arrived at after a section of Kenyan drivers were confirmed positive.

Last week, five Kenyan drivers tested positive in Uganda — three entered the country through Malaba and two through the Busia border point...

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Source: https://observer.ug/news/headlines/6...-test-positive

Uganda COVID-19 cases rise to 79 after four drivers test positive
April 27, 2020
Written by Yudaya Nangonzi

Four more Tanzanian truck drivers have tested positive for coronavirus in Uganda to raise the country's tally to 79 confirmed cases....

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Source: https://www.newtimes.co.rw/covid-19/...d-border-posts

Inside Rwanda’s new measures to curb coronavirus spread at border posts
By Julius Bizimungu
Published : April 30, 2020

Trucks carrying a variety of goods drive through an expansive site with tented warehouses, and before they could park hazmat-suited workers run to spray down the trucks.

The cargo trucks from Tanzania entered Rwanda through Rusumo border post. Sanitation workers are making all necessary attempts to disinfect the vehicles.

“This is an exercise done as part of the efforts to contain the spread of the new coronavirus,” one healthcare worker tells The New Times.

After being disinfected, trucks proceed to be cleared by customs officers who clear goods, before they could be transhipped.

Last week on Friday, Rwanda recorded 22 new coronavirus cases, the highest number the country had registered.

The cases were linked to cross border drivers and their crew...

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Source: https://www.nbc.na/news/namibian-tru...9-zambia.30462

Namibian truck driver tests positive for COVID-19 in Zambia
Thursday, 30. April 2020 - 20:32

Zambian Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya says the country has recorded nine new cases of COVID-19, including three truck drivers from Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Earlier Friday evening, during a live panel discussion on NBC1, Namibia's Minister of Health Dr Kalumbi Shangula said he received information about the truck driver but that the case will count as a Zambian case...

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So far 29 truck drivers tested positive in Uganda: https://www.pmldaily.com/news/2020/0...community.html

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9 Kenyan truck drivers from Tanzania among 28 new COVID-19 cases, rising Kenya’s infections to 700: https://www.redpepper.co.ug/2020/05/...-tally-to-700/

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Five truck drivers test positive for COVID-19 in Uganda: https://africa.cgtn.com/2020/05/11/f...-19-in-uganda/

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Truck drivers blamed for spread of COVID-19 in East Africa: https://globalvoices.org/2020/05/15/...n-east-africa/