Burundi reopens borders with Tanzania, suspends mandatory quarantine
“Burundi on Monday said it would reopen its Kobero-Kabanga and Mugina borders with Tanzania, which were closed due to the COVID-19 outbreak.”
News & Analysis: Burundi
World Bank Boosts Burundi Health System in the Context of COVID-19
Latest Developments Burundi World Bank Article/Blog post by Milken Institute staff“On April 22, the World Bank Group approved,additional financing of $54.6 million for the Health System Support Project.”
Burundi ‘not yet ready’ for COVID-19 vaccines
Latest Developments Burundi BBC Article/Blog post by Milken Institute staff“Burundi will wait for more research to establish the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines before administering them, the country’s health minister has said.”
EAC states to get 39 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from AU
Latest Developments Burundi / Kenya / Rwanda / South Sudan / Tanzania / Uganda The East African Article/Blog post by John Schellhase“East African Community members states are expected to receive some 39 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine from the African Union (AU), which has secured a deal to procure 270 million of the same for all member states.”
Burundi ex-President Pierre Buyoya dies from COVID-19
Latest Developments Burundi The East African Article/Blog post by John Schellhase“The former President of Burundi, Pierre Buyoya, has died in Paris of COVID-19 at the age of 71, several close relatives told AFP on Friday.”
Economic and Social Impacts of COVID-19 in Eastern Africa
Latest Developments Burundi / Eritrea / Ethiopia / Kenya / Seychelles / South Sudan / Tanzania UNECA Report/Study by John Schellhase“The pandemic and resulting crisis threaten to reverse some of the region’s development gains of the last decade and challenge progress to the SDGs.”
The value of partnerships in Africa post COVID-19
Analysis and Opinion Burundi / Ghana / Kenya / Mozambique / Nigeria / Tanzania BFT Online Op-ed by John Schellhase“Authentic, broad-based economic recovery relies on a thread of partnership through all business and banking engagements on the continent, pulling together financial institutions, corporations, governments and communities to co-create a sustainable future.”
Burundi to reopen airport
Latest Developments Burundi The East African Article/Blog post by John Schellhase“According to Burundian authorities, tests for departures will be free of charge but travellers will pay $4 for the certificate.”
COVID-19 cited for contraction of East African economies
Latest Developments Burundi / Kenya / Rwanda / Tanzania / Uganda The East African by John Schellhase“Regional economies received a battering courtesy of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the numbers now just prove how damaging.”
Regional business body calls for end to COVID-19 border testing
Latest Developments Burundi / Kenya / Rwanda / Tanzania / Uganda The New Times Article/Blog post by John Schellhase“The East African Business Council (EABC) on Thursday, October 15, called upon the East African Community Partner States to put an end to testing of COVID-19 at border points, in order to decongest traffic at the border crossings and increase intra-EAC trade.”
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