They also alleged that a national hotline for COVID-19 often goes unanswered, and that supervisors tell them to keep quiet about shortages of medical equipment.Get top headlines from the Union-Tribune in your inbox weekday mornings, including top news, local, sports, business, entertainment and opinion. But there was little sign of face masks or social distancing at Ndayishimiye’s swearing-in two weeks ago.Burundi has 170 confirmed cases of the virus, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Health workers in Burundi have warned that the coronavirus is more serious there than the government admits, Human Rights Watch said last week. Amafoto y’Umukenyezi wa Evariste Ndayishimiye, Angeline Ndayubaha, yiyitirira ‘igitangaro kiva ku mana’ ariko atuma abatari bake bagira bayavuzeko ku rubuga ngurukana bumenyi rwa Twitter. Burundi’s new president has signaled that his government will take the coronavirus pandemic more seriously than his dead predecessor, calling the virus the country’s “worst enemy” and announcing new screenings. It kicked out the World Health Organization’s country director, allowed large campaign rallies ahead of the presidential They also alleged that a national hotline for COVID-19 often goes unanswered, and that supervisors tell them to keep quiet about shortages of medical equipment.Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Mu gikorwa kitari bwabeho mu mateka y’u Burundi. Évariste Ndayishimiyees maritat con Angeline Ndayubaha. Predecessor Pierre Nkurunziza died last month of what Burundi’s government called a heart attack.

President Evariste Ndayishimiye took power two months early after the abrupt death of his predecessor Pierre Nkurunziza. President Evariste Ndayishimiye … Some countries and human rights groups have expressed hope that the new president, an ally of Nkurunziza, might break with certain ways of his predecessor. Burundi's ruling party candidate, retired general Evariste Ndayishimiye, has won the presidential election with 69% of votes cast, the electoral commission said … President Evariste Ndayishimiye took power two months early after the abrupt death of his predecessor Pierre Nkurunziza. Amafoto yatangajwe n’aba bapfasoni bompi, aherekejwe n’amajambo yo gushigikirana.

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His government had been criticized not taking the pandemic seriously. In his speech on Tuesday, the new president also compared people refusing coronavirus testing with sorcerers — “a dangerous accusation in Burundi, which in the past has led to killings.

Health workers in Burundi have warned that the coronavirus is more serious there than the government admits, Human Rights Watch said last week. It kicked out the World Health Organization’s country director, allowed large campaign rallies ahead of the presidential election in May and expressed the belief that divine protection would largely suffice for protection.