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Tanzania Shuts Centres Handling COVID-19 Patients

Tanzania Shuts Centres Handling COVID-19 Patients

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By Elite News Reporter Tanzania has closed most centres designated to handle Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients. The government said that a significant drop in the number of coronavirus infections led to closure of the treatment centres across the country. On Friday, Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu, said there are now only 11 centres, including private health centres that are open. These are from the 85 centres that had initially been set up across the country to isolate Covid-19 patients. The health minister said: “We thank God that Coronavirus is heading towards an end in Tanzania.” She went on to caution that people should not relax, as there could be a second wave of infection. The minister said residents could now continue visiting the centres for general treatment, as...
Magufuli Declares Tanzania Free Of Coronavirus, Says Prayers And Fasting Helped To Fight Virus

Magufuli Declares Tanzania Free Of Coronavirus, Says Prayers And Fasting Helped To Fight Virus

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By Elite News Reporter Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli has declared his country free of Coronavirus, saying prayers and fasting by Tanzanians is reason for the country to defeat the killer virus. President John Magufuli attributed the claimed success over the worldwide pandemic to prayers and fasting that the people of Tanzania have offered to God. "It gives me joy to be the leader of a country that puts God first, God loves Tanzania,"  President Magufuli said, according to Jamvi TV in Tanzania. "The works of the devil will always be defeated in Tanzania because Tanzanians love God and that is why even the corona has been defeated by God," Magufuli told a Catholic congregation in the capital Dodoma. Meanwhile, we have learnt that Coronavirus might have been spr...