Rwanda: Authorities rein in restaurants, hotels to enforce health rules

Police raided restaurants and hotels to arrest people who were violating health protocols to contain spread Covid-19. PHOTO | CYRIL NDENGEYA

What you need to know:

  • The pressure to stay afloat by hotels as coronavirus pandemic continues to dampen the sector, is forcing hotels in Kigali to contravene health protocols putting them on a collision course with authorities who have already closed some for the breach.
  • The latest hotel to be closed for breaching coronavirus protocols is Hotel Chez Rando located at Kismenti in Remera, which was shut down for 10 days and fined up to Rwf150,000, according to authorities at the Remera sector.