To enter public venues and activities, Rwandan citizens and residents must be properly vaccinated against Covid, according to a statement from the prime minister.
Nightclubs and music concerts will reopen once a nightly curfew begins at midnight.
In Rwanda, about seven million people out of a total population of 13 million have been fully vaccinated, with more than eight million receiving the first dose.
This is one of the highest rates in Africa, and the first in East Africa, in terms of population.
However, because of the decision made Wednesday night, millions of individuals will still need to acquire the second vaccination to enter public areas.
Although vaccination is voluntary, there have been stories of people being forced to get vaccinated, and others have fled to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi to avoid the shot.
Some authorities “could be excessively zealous” in their campaign, a government official confessed to RFI, the French national radio, but this was not the government’s objective.