the ministry of human health and aids prevention announced on tuesday march 31 2020 that two people tested positive for covid19 according to the ministry giteranyi and bumerec hospitals called on a group of doctors who were in charge of testing the results both of them are behind the criteria made up of the state diagnosis of the disease acquired by the school of medicine insp the ministry informed that their health is safe and they have been taken to the hospital in charge of receiving coronavirus patients which is hpital prince louis rwagasore saying that one had entered burundi on the 18th of march and the other had also come from dubai it said that those who came in contact with those people are going to be tracked down and tested this happened when human rights organizations have been demanding that the government take measures to protect citizens and human rights watch wrote this morning that the government of burundi is putting people in danger by spreading information about covid19 the united states is one of the poorest countries in the world a fund will be set up to fight the coronavirus pandemic that has put the world on a new footing as requested by nongovernmental organizations he also requested the formation of a group consisting of international organizations working in burundi in the field of human health and the ministry of human health to lead it and reduce the impact of coronavirus the coronavirus infection affects the organs of the body causing a person to cough feel flulike runny have a fever cough and sweat a person who sees these signs should call the emergency number 117 or go to the nearest hospital those who are infected are also asked to follow the measures taken by the ministry of public health and the state including frequent washing with clean water and soap avoiding touching the stomach or touching each other avoiding gathering people close to each other etc as of this evening 3132020 the number of people who had been infected with this virus worldwide was 842801 and the number of dead was 41425 threatened countries which is the united states of america 180789 people have been arrested and 3578 dead including 437 who died in one day and the united states is the country with the most deaths 12428 out of 105792 people who have been arrested since the beginning spain followed with 8269 deaths out of 94417 arrests france with 3323 deaths out of 52128 and china in december 2019 with 3305 deaths out of 81518 arrests as well as germany iran and england with more than 25000 arrests