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Covid-19 crisis grows in Tanzania as president rejects risks
Amid the unfolding health-care crisis, President John Magufuli has declared the East African nation free of Covid-19.
By Bloomberg News
12 Feb 2021 08:59
Image: REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
Tanzaniaâs main hospitals have been swamped by patients displaying coronavirus symptoms, intensive-care units are full and funeral masses have become daily occurrences.
Amid the unfolding health-care crisis, President John Magufuli has declared the East African nation free of Covid-19. Heâs eschewed lockdowns, discouraged the use of face masks and banned the release of infection data since April, making Tanzania the only country in the world besides insular North Korea that doesnât release the statistics.