Burundi has launched a mass testing campaign for coronavirus, in a fresh campaign by the new government to fight the spread of the pandemic.
Former president Pierre Nkurunziza was accused of downplaying the issue, saying “God had cleared [coronavirus] from Burundi’s skies”, almost a fortnight before he died last month of cardiac arrest.
But last week, his successor Evariste Ndayishimiye, declared coronavirus a “major enemy of Burundians” and vowed “to start the fight against that enemy”.
At the launch of the campaign in Bujumbura, many people were, unusually, seen wearing masks.
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A record 640 tests were taken on the day, the highest number since March when the virus was first reported in the country.
Burundi has so far reported 191 cases from 3,200 tests done in the past three months.
BBC
