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Burkina Faso struggles against COVID-19 and extremist threat
Burkina Faso is one of Africa’s nations hardest hit by the coronavirus with 39 deaths, one of the highest number of fatalities in sub-Saharan Africa
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press
25 April 2020, 05:03
ientists race to learn more about this deadly virus.
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso -- The last time Amado Compaore saw his wife, she asked him for a phone charger so she could text friends and let them know she was OK. She died just hours later.
Rose Marie Compaore, 62, Burkina Faso's second Vice President of the parliament, became the first person in the West African country to die from COVID-19.
"It's very very difficult ... My love and my life has left," said Compaore, looking downwards outside his house in the capital, Ouagadougou.
Days after her death last month, Compaore's four children arrived from Montreal, Canada, where they live, to be with their father. Since then no health workers have informed the family what protective measures to take, he said.
Burkina Faso is one of Africa's nations hardest hit by the coronavirus with 41 deaths, one of the highest number of fatalities in sub-Saharan Africa. Among the country's 629 cases are the U.S. and Italian ambassadors as well as at least six government ministers. By contrast, neighboring Mali has about half as many cases and half as many deaths.
While the government has quarantined infected towns and imposed a night to dawn curfew, challenges remain.
Burkina Faso, with 20 million people, was already suffering an unprecedented humanitarian crisis fueled by attacks linked to Islamic militants and local defense groups. Almost 840,000 people are internally displaced, 2 million are reliant on aid and more than 130 health centers have closed according to the government and aid workers.
Health workers on Burkina Faso's frontlines say they lack funds, trained staff and equipment and worry the outbreak will get out of hand...
Burkina Faso struggles against COVID-19 and extremist threat
Burkina Faso is one of Africa’s nations hardest hit by the coronavirus with 39 deaths, one of the highest number of fatalities in sub-Saharan Africa
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press
25 April 2020, 05:03
ientists race to learn more about this deadly virus.
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso -- The last time Amado Compaore saw his wife, she asked him for a phone charger so she could text friends and let them know she was OK. She died just hours later.
Rose Marie Compaore, 62, Burkina Faso's second Vice President of the parliament, became the first person in the West African country to die from COVID-19.
"It's very very difficult ... My love and my life has left," said Compaore, looking downwards outside his house in the capital, Ouagadougou.
Days after her death last month, Compaore's four children arrived from Montreal, Canada, where they live, to be with their father. Since then no health workers have informed the family what protective measures to take, he said.
Burkina Faso is one of Africa's nations hardest hit by the coronavirus with 41 deaths, one of the highest number of fatalities in sub-Saharan Africa. Among the country's 629 cases are the U.S. and Italian ambassadors as well as at least six government ministers. By contrast, neighboring Mali has about half as many cases and half as many deaths.
While the government has quarantined infected towns and imposed a night to dawn curfew, challenges remain.
Burkina Faso, with 20 million people, was already suffering an unprecedented humanitarian crisis fueled by attacks linked to Islamic militants and local defense groups. Almost 840,000 people are internally displaced, 2 million are reliant on aid and more than 130 health centers have closed according to the government and aid workers.
Health workers on Burkina Faso's frontlines say they lack funds, trained staff and equipment and worry the outbreak will get out of hand...