700 dead and 1.8 million infected with Malaria in Burundi

‘Malaria has killed hundreds of people and infected close to two million in Burundi as the government struggles to contain a rising epidemic.
Burundi’s Health Minister Josiane Nijimbere said on Monday that “some 700 deaths” had been registered across the country since the start of this year.
“Burundi faces a malaria epidemic,” Nijimbere said, adding that latest figures showed a 17-percent increase from the same period last year.
The minister was commenting on a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO), which said recently that from January 1 to March 10 this year, 1.8 million Malaria infections were registered in Burundi.’
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