Burundi expels 4 WHO officials in charge of Covid-19

Dr. Walter Kazadi Mulombo, WHO's leading representative in charge of handling Covid-19 in Burundi (screenshot of World Health Organization African Region / Youtube video).

Reuters reported that the Burundi government today confirmed the Foreign Ministry's May 12 letter to the top representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) responsible for handling Covid-19 in the country, Dr. Walter Kazadi Mulombo and three other officials demanded that these people leave Burundi before May 15.

The letter stated that WHO officials were "not welcome" in Burundi, but did not elaborate.

An unnamed official told AFP that Health Minister Burundi accused four WHO officials of taking "unacceptable intervention in the way the country responds to the corona virus".