Covid-19 puts hospitals on alert, but where are tools?

Temperature measurement is one of the processes to go through at all border entries to Rwanda. Photo | Cyril NDEGEYA

What you need to know:

  • Intensive Care Units (ICU) to care for the critically ill patients. According to the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CCDC),  one in five patients of COVID-19 may need ICU during treatment

  • Most will have no or mild illness but maybe six in seven will need hospital admission with the majority requiring a computerised tomography (CT) scan.

  • Currently, across the country there are  approximately 50 critical care beds including ICU beds and high dependency beds.