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
“Burundi on Monday said it would reopen its Kobero-Kabanga and Mugina borders with Tanzania, which were closed due to the COVID-19 outbreak.”
“On April 22, the World Bank Group approved,additional financing of $54.6 million for the Health System Support Project.”
“Burundi will wait for more research to establish the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines before administering them, the country’s health minister has said.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“According to Burundian authorities, tests for departures will be free of charge but travellers will pay $4 for the certificate.”
“Regional economies received a battering courtesy of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the numbers now just prove how damaging.”
“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.”