Tchad: Communique No. 54 du Ministere de la Sante Publique (09.06.2020)

Opinion: Nkurunziza died allegedly of COVID-19 [official report: Cardiac Arrest]

Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza is today announced dead by the Authorities. On the 6th June 2020 he was admitted at night at Cinquantenaire Hospital in Karuzi. One entire block of hospital became his and bodyguards of the President evacuated the rest there.

Already on Saturday, the President was in critical condition, by Monday his health was deteriorating more and more. By afternoon on Monday, there was reports of his death. As it was announced today of cardiac arrest.

There are speculations that this is in association with complications made with COVID-19 or the Coronavirus. Which is possible, as his wife Denise Nkurunziza is battling for her life at Aga Khan in Nairobi, Kenya. After being airlifted there last week because of testing positve for COVID-19. At the same time. There was reports that 4 bodyguards of hers also has the COVID-19. Therefore, the possibility of Pierre having it become more likely.

That the state only wants to blame cardiac arrest isn’t shocking. They don’t want the COVID-19 pandemic to look bad now. Especially, since the ruling party has downplayed it. They have sent WHO Team of Experts home and banished them from the Republic. That’s why they don’t need any lessons or any Hindsight 20/20. No, they rather live in ignorance and not in fear.

Anna Harleen says: “Increasing, data shows that other organ systems, including the cardiovascular system, are at risk. A retrospective study of 416 patients in Wuhan, China found that 1 in 5 confirmed COVID-19 patients developed cardiac injury. This observed harm to heart was associated with greater mortality. COVID-19 patients are developing heart problems – and are also dying of cardiac arrest” (AVIVE – ‘COVID-19 and the Risk of Sudden Cardiac Arrest’ 14.04.2020).

Erin Donnelly Michos, M.D., M.H.S. wrote: “Early reports coming out of China and Italy, two areas where COVID-19 took hold earlier in the pandemic, show that up to 1 in 5 patients with the illness end up with heart damage. Heart failure has been the cause of death in COVID-19 patients, even those without severe breathing problems such as acute respiratory distress syndrome, or ARDS” (Johns Hopkins – ‘Can Coronavirus Cause Heart Damage?’ 24.04.2020).

So, its not like the issue of heart attacks and COVID-19 is a new phenomenon. This is not something I take out of thin-air and says it. There are so many cases of cardiac arrest and COVID-19. If you google it and look into it. You will see there is a grand issue of this.

That’s why the authorities of Burundi could just come out with something sincere. As this man was supposed to be a healthy footballer, the Supreme Leader of Patriotism and the Third Term Wonder-boy of the Republic.

That’s why the possible alleged COVID-19 case in concern of Pierre Nkurunziza becomes more dire. As this a result of the lax actions towards the pandemic in the Republic. This is known as the Republic went ahead with campaigns, no social distancing and any sort of recommended measures to possibly stop the spread.

This is why we know about very few cases, as the Ministry of Health haven’t done mass-testing. Neither has the state invested or shown interest in combatting it. As it has wanted to pray it away and believed this was the way out.

Now we are possibly seeing one big-man, one strong-man and one dictator fallen because of COVID-19. It also makes sense that the state won’t say it was this. Since, then they are showing their failure from the top and also could incite fear of the disease too. It cost less to do some propaganda, than actually tell the alleged truth. Peace.

Eswatini: Ministry of Health – COVID-19 Update (09.06.2020)

Ethiopia: Notification Note on COVID-19 Situational Update (09.06.2020)

Eswatini: Ministry of Health – COVID-19 Update (08.06.2020)

Tanzania: Magufuli you can declare something gone, but that doesn’t make it true

I wish you were right Mr. President. I wish the results was true, but your actions says otherwise. President Joseph Magufuli, its hard to trust you. When you have not published COVID-19 or Coronavirus results for over 5 weeks. At the same time there is revealed in Kenya and Uganda, that Tanzanian drivers are tested positive for it on the regular.

President Magufuli, the Declaration isn’t making it true. It would have been perfect and genuine, if it was true. It would have been bloody brilliant. There should be celebration for Arusha down to Dar Es Salaam across the sea to Zanzibar too.

I have a hard time believing that it vanished into thin air. When you only prayed and didn’t do any social distancing, neither acted towards the spread of the virus. You have sleepwalked, you have walked blindly towards the future. The results was so dire the final days of releasing them. This is why I have a hard time it just went away.

When you keep numbers secret and doesn’t publish it. Who knows how bad it really is? I doubt it has gone away. It is more like the game of don’t find it, therefore it doesn’t exists. Or I am not testing for it or contact tracing it, therefore it’s not there. That is losing strategy, because in the end the public will spread it and the public will be positive with it. The results are shown with how many of the truck drivers are positive when they are crossing the borders. It is not like they got a hot minute before entering either Uganda or Kenya. But they had it already as they were passing the border-points.

Magufuli cannot run away from that. The Truck-Drivers are a sign of the failure of containing it. The President can be a coward and not be sincere about the situation. He can act like its not there. However, that doesn’t change the realities. The President knows this, but rather live by his own propaganda. Because its easier to live on a lie than actually do something useful. It costs less and you need manpower to achieve results.

We know that Magufuli lacks character and honour. He is a self-centred individual who needs love every single second of his life. There is not a moment where needs positive energy and vibes. The President needs kisses, hugs, attention and headlines of praise. If he doesn’t get that. His Excellency will go into a temper tantrum and the office will not look the same.

With this knowledge, it’s not strange that the Ministry of Health has stopped publishing their results. Since that hurts the pride and love-meter of the President. That breaks down the scale of love and makes the President walk on needles. The Minister and the directors cannot stomach that pressure and erratic behaviour. Therefore, its easier not to publish something and keep the public in the dark.

That is why to boost his own ego and megalomaniac tendencies he declared the United Republic of Tanzania “free for COVID-19 cases”. However, as long as Tanzanian Nationals are positive on the borders and border-points to neighbour Republics. You know there are stemming and even possible community spread in Tanzania. Not that I want more illness, but the science is very simple. The common sense is still common.

H.E. President Magufuli you can declare something, but that doesn’t make it true. It only make it obvious that you want to be dubious. This only shows your intention of keeping the world in darkness and you thinking your own population as fools. We can never know the truth, because you hid that from the world. However, drip drops of the reality crosses the borders every single day. That will undermine your message. Unless, you close the borders, which you never would do. We know that. You know that. That is why we are here and your continuing to live on a lie. Peace.

Tchad: Communique No. 53 du Ministere de la Sante Publique (08.06.2020)

Republique Centrafricaine: Ministere de la Sante et de la Population – Communique de Presse (08.06.2020)

Ethiopia: Notification Note on COVID-19 Situational Update (08.06.2020)

Uganda: Ministry of Health – Update on the COVID-19 Outbreak in Uganda (08.06.2020)