INTRODUCTION
Since it was reported in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has spread worldwide, presenting one of the most serious global health pandemics [1]. Worldwide, over
32 million COVID-19 cases have been reported with over 300,000 new cases in 24 hours, and over 980,000 deaths [2,3].
Daily statistics show that Africa remains the region with the least number of both COVID-19 infection cases and deaths with 1,1 million confirmed cases and 244 daily increase and 143 deaths as of 25 September 2020 (Figure 1 and 2) [2].
Rwanda has been experiencing a decrease in COVID-19 infection cases and deaths and an increase in recovered cases. Rwanda has made progress in increasing the number of daily tests, and as of 25 September 2020, Rwanda reported 4,789 infection cases and 29 deaths (Figure 3).
In the absence of any curative treatment or vaccine, supportive treatment
