August 6, 2019 5:41 PM
Malaria kills over 1,800 people in Burundi this year, says UN
The UN's humanitarian agency says Malaria has killed more than 1,800 people in Burundi this year. <br />''<br />''It said the death toll rivals a deadly Ebola outbreak in neighbouring the Democratic Republic of Congo.<br />''<br />''In its latest situation report, the agency said, 5.7 million cases of malaria had been recorded in Burundi in 2019, a figure roughly equal to half its entire population. <br />''<br />''Of them, more than 1,800 people died fro...