Tag: John Magufuli

Tanzania’s new President changes Magufuli’s policy on COVID-19, Media

Aoko Benjamin

  New president of Tanzania appears to be taking a detour from the belief and action of her predecessor, John Magufuli on COVID-19 as she took a new, scientific approach to combat the pandemic. President Samia Suluhu Hassan (pictured) said Tuesday she will form a technical committee to advise her about the scope of Covid-19 infections in the country and how to respond to the pandemic. Covid-19 is ‘not something we should be quiet about or refuse flatly or accept without doing a scientific examination,’ Hassan said in Swahili. ‘We…

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COVID-19: Nationwide Fear grips Tanzania as President Magufuli dies

Aoko Benjamin

  How Magufuli, a non-believer in the existence and threats of COVID-19, was hospitalised, died in Dar es Salaam hospital  – Vice President      Tanzania’s President John Magufuli is dead. The President who died on Wednesday evening was a non-believer in the existence and threats of COVID-19 and his death has spontaneously thrown the East African nation into a state of apprehension and mourning. Annoucing the sad event on state television on Wednesday night, the Vice-President, Samia Suluhu Hassan, said Magufuli died of heart failure at 6 pm local…

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