{"id":15761,"date":"2020-04-15T06:42:52","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T06:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=15761"},"modified":"2020-04-15T12:59:06","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T12:59:06","slug":"all-projects-aimed-at-curbing-covid-19-should-be-supported-says-independent-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/all-projects-aimed-at-curbing-covid-19-should-be-supported-says-independent-candidate\/","title":{"rendered":"All projects aimed at curbing COVID- 19 should be supported, says independent candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Francis Rohero, an Independent candidate for the presidential election set on May 20 says COVID-19 shouldn\u2019t be taken lightly as it is fatal and has the potential to cause repercussions on the already faltering economy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15758\" style=\"width: 517px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15758\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-15758\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Francis-Rohero.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"507\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Francis-Rohero.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Francis-Rohero-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Francis-Rohero-768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Francis-Rohero-600x345.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15758\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Francis Rohero: \u201cCOVID-19 wouldn\u2019t politically divide Burundians. It would rather bring them together in the fight against it\u201d.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe are aware that total containment is something that Burundi cannot afford but there should be a rigorous speech about it\u201d said Rohero while presenting his electoral campaign team at a press conference.<\/p>\n<p>He says all initiatives and projects aimed at curbing the damage of covid-19 must be encouraged and supported by the government and its technical and financial partners.<br \/>\n\u201cCOVID-19 wouldn\u2019t politically divide Burundians. It would rather bring them together in the fight against it,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Francis Rohero also says it is good news that this virus hasn\u2019t yet caused serious damages.<br \/>\nThe Ministry of Public Health has already confirmed five COVID-19 cases in Burundi including one death that occurred on April 12. In an attempt to curb the spread of the virus throughout the country, the Burundian government already announced the suspension of flights, screening and quarantining of travelers coming in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Francis Rohero, an Independent candidate for the presidential election set on May 20 says COVID-19 shouldn\u2019t be taken lightly as it is fatal and has the potential to cause repercussions on the already faltering economy. \u201cWe are aware that total containment is something that Burundi cannot afford but there should be a rigorous speech about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":15758,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18,670],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15761"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15761"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15762,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15761\/revisions\/15762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}