Coronavirus stalks Burundi’s political elite after president’s death

“Diplomats, citing medical sources, said there was a high probability that Nkurunziza, whose wife was last month airlifted to Kenya with suspected COVID-19, had died from side-effects of the virus. Other members of his family, including his mother, are also said to have been infected with the virus, prompting one diplomat to call Nkurunziza a ‘super spreader.'”