{UAH} Burundi Expels World Health Organisation Officials in a Pandemic, Pushes for Elections

Burundi has expelled the World Health Organization (WHO) representative in the country, a letter from the foreign affairs ministry declared that WHO Representative Dr Walter Kazadi Mulombo and three others; Prof Tarzy Daniel, Dr Ruhana Mirindi Bisimwa and Dr Jean Pierre Murunda are "persona non grata" with 48 hour demand to leave the country.  Burundi Foreign Affairs Minister Ezechiel Nibigira confirmed the letter to the BBC without giving reasons for their expulsion. Aid officials say the World Health Organisation has been sidelined from participating in the #coronavirus response.

Letter expelling WHO officials from Burundi

Burundi government is facing criticism for organising elections amid the coronavirus outbreak.

27 people have so far been confirmed with COVID-19 in the country, but doctors and nurses in Bujumbura, the country's largest city told The New Humanitarian they are treating many more patients with the deadly respiratory virus.

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