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New Burundi leader hints he'll take COVID-19 more seriously

by Associated Press
| July 1, 2020 7:03 AM

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — 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.

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