Inside the World’s Most Blatant Covid-19 Coverup: Secret Burials, a Dead President

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania—Tucked away in a northern suburb of this sprawling East African town is a burial site that is proof of one of the world’s terrific coronavirus coverups.

At the Kondo graveyard in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, unmasked volunteers have been digging holes and felling trees to increase a compound that has tripled in dimension since past 12 months. Throughout the pandemic’s first wave, hazmat-suited government officials arrived at evening to secretly bury the dead, graveyard personnel and bereaved people said. Now, modest teams of mourners get for hasty ceremonies next to floral tributes.