Kassim Majaliwa said he was surprised that people were questioning the president’s place, adding that the leader was “doing well with his daily activities” while speaking during a Friday prayer session in a mosque in the Njombe region, according to state broadcaster Tanzania. Broadcasting Corporation.
Unconfirmed reports have appeared in local media indicating that the leader was admitted to Nairobi Hospital for Covid-19 this week. CNN could not confirm the status of the president.
In the course of the pandemic, Magufuli downplayed its dangers and previously claimed that Tanzania had defeated Covid-19 through prayer, insisting that the virus was not a threat to the East African nation. He questioned the safety of foreign Covid-19 vaccines and made no plan to procure any vaccines for his country, but rather the use of herbal medicines and steam treatments.
Tanzania has not reported any Covid-19 figures since April 2020, asking the World Health Organization to urge Tanzania to publish data on the coronavirus and to draw up public health measures. Last month, the US embassy in Dar es Salaam warned that Covid 19 cases had risen since January.
Cases involving infected Tanzanians traveling abroad have highlighted the need for ‘robust action’, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement on 20 February.
Two people who traveled from Tanzania to the United Kingdom wore the B.1351 variant first detected in South Africa, which appears to be more transmissible than other versions of the virus, and which provides the immune protection that antibodies provide , can avoid.
“WHO will still receive information on what measures Tanzania is taking to respond to the pandemic,” Tedros said. “I renew my call on Tanzania to start reporting Covid-19 cases and sharing data.”