Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli has declared the country free from Covid-19 pandemic. PHOTO | FILE | NMG Magufuli declares Tanzania free from Covid-19 Tuesday July 21 2020 President John Magufuli on Monday July 20, declared Tanzania `coronavirus-free'.
"We decided to pray to God to save us from the coronavirus (Covid-19). God has answered our prayers," he said at the State House in Dodoma during the swearing in of Regional Commissioners, District Commissioners DCs and officials he appointed a few days ago.
He called on the newly appointed officials to keep marketing Tanzania as a destination while making the world aware of the fact that the country is safe.
"Tanzania is safe and this is evident by the many airlines that are bringing tourists," asserted Dr Magufuli.
He said for Tanzania to keep attracting more tourists, every leader at his or her capacity should be an ambassador for the rest of the world to understand that the country is safe.
"The good thing is that, people have started to understand the reality that Tanzania is a safe place," he said.
Dr Magufuli added: “Our enemies will speak a lot, but the reality remains that Tanzania is safe and that is why none of us here is putting on a mask. Does it mean we are not afraid of dying? No, it is because coronavirus has been eliminated.”
FILE Tanzanians reading newspapers on the street without observing social distancing
Is Tanzania really free of coronavirus?
July 21, 2020 Today I decided to do my own coronavirus survey, here in Dar es Salaam. Tanzania. The reason is that I am trying to deal with my confusion. The number of countries that have reported cases of COVID-19 now stands at 188. I don’t know how I managed to end up in a country that claims not to have the coronavirus, but I did. My arrival in Tanzania was on March 16 and I have been here ever since, safely staying at the Mikadi Beach Camp.
