Umuryango wa Paul Rusesabagina uvuga ko aho afungiye i Kigali yababwiye ko arwaye, kandi ubuzima bwe bukomeje kumera nabi kubera indwara asanganywe zisaba imiti ihoraho, mu gihe RCS ivuga ko ari muzima nta n’igicurane arwaye. Uyu mugabo afungiye mu Rwanda aregwa ibyaha by’iterabwoba, bishingiye ku bitero byiciwemo abantu mu 2018 na 2019 byakozwe n’umutwe wa FLN yemeye ko yashinze. Urwego rushinzwe Imfungwa n’Abagororwa mu Rwanda (RCS) ruvuga ko Rusesabagina ari muzima, ko “nta n’igicurane arwaye”. SSP Pelly Gakwaya Uwera, umuvugizi wa RCS, yabwiye BBC ko ibyo bivugwa n’umuryango we nta kuri kurimo kuko “Rusesabagina ni muzima. Icyo nakubwira, Rusesabagina nta n’umuriro afite, nta n’igicurane. Nta kibazo afite habe na gito”. Ati: “Tumuvuza nk’uko tuvuza abandi mu gihe barwaye, we noneho kubera umuvuduko w’amaraso, aravurwa byihariye.” SSP Gakwaya avuga ko ubuzima bwa Rusesabagina bwitaweho byihariye, kandi avugana n’umuryango we kuri telefone ya gereza nk’abandi bafunze, kuko bitemewe gusurwa kubera COVID-19. Umuryango wa Rusesabagina siko ubibona Itangazo ryasohowe n’umuvugizi wa Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation rivuga ko amafoto ya vuba y’itangazamakuru “agararagaza ko ubuzima bwe bumeze nabi.” Iryo tangazo rigira riti: “Mu biganiro aheruka kugirana n’umuryango we yababwiye ko agira kuzungerwa, kubabara umutwe, kwitura hasi agata ubwenge, bishobora kuba biterwa n’umuvuduko ukabije w’amaraso utagenzurwa, n’uburyo afunzemo”. Rusesabagina yatakaje ibiro bitandatu kandi yasabye gushyirwa mu bitaro inshuro eshatu, nk’uko iri tangazo ribivuga. Rusesabagina aracyari kuburana ku ifungwa n’ifungurwa ry’agateganyo, mu mpamvu atanga asaba kurekurwa akaburana adafunze avugamo iy’uburwayi. Kuwa Gatatu, Minisiteri y’Ubuzima yatangaje ko ku bantu 50 bari batahuweho COVID-19 mu Rwanda 27 muri bo bari muri gereza ya Kigali, aho na Rusesabagina afungiye. Rusesabagina azongera kuburana ubujurire ku ifungwa n’ifungurwa ry’agateganyo tariki 20 z’uku kwezi. Imanza ze ubu ziba hifashishijwe ikoranabuhanga mu kwirinda coronavirus.
