Amoko mashya ya Covid-19 yabonetse bwa mbere mu Bwongereza no muri Africa y’Epfo yabonetse no mu bipimo byafashwe mu Rwanda, nk’uko byemejwe na Minisitiri w’Ubuzima, Dr Daniel Ngamije. Inzobere mu buzima zivuga ko amoko mashya ya Covid-19 ariyo ari gutera ubwiyongere bw’abandura n’impfu ahatandukanye ku isi. Minisitiri w’Ubuzima, Dr Daniel Ngamije, yabwiye RBA ko ubu bwoko bushya babonye mu cyumweru gishize bwabonetse mu bipimo byafashwe mu mezi ashize. Ubwoko bwa Covid-19 bwabonetse mu mpera za 2020 mu Bwongereza bwiswe B.1.1.7, OMS/WHO ivuga ko bwandura vuba kurusha andi moko ya Covid. Mu kwezi kwa mbere 2021, inzobere mu buzima mu Bwongereza zavuze ko ubu bwoko ari bwo buri inyuma y’ubwandu n’impfu byiyongereye muri icyo gihugu. Dr Ngamije yavuze ko mu bipimo bigera kuri 400 byafashwe ku bantu banduye hagati y’ukwezi kwa 10/2020 n’ukwezi kwa kabiri 2021 ariho babonye ayo moko mashya y’iyi virus. Yavuze ko ibipimo bibiri babisanzemo buriya bwoko bwo mu Bwongereza, naho ibipimo 10 bakabisangamo ubwoko bwabonetse muri Africa y’Epfo bwiswe B.1.1.7. Dr Ngamije yavuze ko ayo moko yabonetse ku bipimo by’abantu bari bavuye mu mahanga, kandi bashyizwe mu kato kugeza bakize iyi virus. Yagize ati: Ni abo bo hanze gusa twabonye bafite ubwo bwoko, abo mu gihugu baracyafite ya virus isanzwe, ntabwo turabona ubu bwoko imbere mu gihugu mu Banyarwanda.” Mu kwezi kwa mbere, Ubwongereza bwashyize u Rwanda ku rutonde rw’ibihugu ababivuyemo batemerewe kujyayo kubera impungenge za buriya bwoko bwa Covid bwo muri Africa y’Epfo. Muganga Ngamije avuga ko 97% by’inkingo, zirenga gato doze 340,000 zahawe u Rwanda, zimaze guterwa abantu mu gihugu. Kurikira ibiganiro n’amavidewo binyura kuri Bwiza TV
