Rwanda inches closer to achieving 70pc Covid vaccine target

Rwanda Covid-19 vaccine.

Rwanda has fully vaccinated 60 percent of its 12.9 million population and is working to meet the global target of 70 percent by mid 2022. PHOTO | FILE 

Two weeks before Rwanda counts exactly two years since the first Covid-19 case was recorded in the country, experts are optimistic that the high vaccination rate might shield Kigali against strict Covid-19 measures as the economy fully reopens.

Rwanda reported its first Covid-19 case on March 20, 2020.