Burundi starts taking COVID-19 seriously, begins screening

NAIROBI,Kenya (AP) — Burundi launched a campaign of mass screening for COVID-19 on Monday in the country’s largest city Bujumbura, indicating that the new president is implementing policies to combat the spread of the disease. Named “I won’t get infected and propagate COVID-19,” in the Kirundi language, the new campaign was launched in three centers in the north, center and south of Bujumbura. Scores of Bujumbura residents, including students, wore masks as they par