Three non-American State Department employees have died from the coronavirus so far, including one from Indonesia and another from the Democratic Republic of Congo. The State Department did not disclose on Friday where the third person was from, except to say that he or she was not an American citizen. On March 20, the day before Mr. Young tested positive, President Trump described the State Department as the “Deep State Department” — a jab at what he sees as a disloyal diplomatic corps. “These men and women aren’t a ‘deep state,’” Mr. Engel, Democrat of New York, said later. Last week, there were only 43 kits available in Burkina Faso to test for coronavirus infection.

Source: International New York Times April 04, 2020 09:00 UTC