{"id":563989,"date":"2020-05-03T15:17:15","date_gmt":"2020-05-03T12:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/?p=563989"},"modified":"2020-05-04T09:01:56","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T06:01:56","slug":"magufuli-orders-probe-on-tanzanias-influenza-laboratory-citing-questionable-covid-19-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/2020\/05\/magufuli-orders-probe-on-tanzanias-influenza-laboratory-citing-questionable-covid-19-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Magufuli orders probe on Tanzania\u2019s influenza laboratory citing questionable COVID-19 results"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, May 3 \u2013 President John Magufuli of Tanzania Sunday ordered a probe on the country\u2019s coronavirus testing protocols citing possible interference by unnamed western powers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Magufuli claimed some animal, fruit and oil samples disguised as human samples had tested positive for the virus raising questions on the credibility of the country\u2019s influenza laboratory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe extracted a sample from a goat which turned positive. This tells you that something is not adding up,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2020\/05\/MAGUFULI-QUESTIONABLE-RESULTS.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAre we now supposed to quarantine goats and fruits?\u201d President Magufuli posed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Tanzanian leader who has been governing from his rural home in Chato, while urging citizens to exercise caution, downplayed the severity of the disease saying it could be managed without disrupting the country\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s continue working. Factories must continue to produce products. I have said it before and I will repeat this: I will not place Dar es Salaam under lockdown,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2020\/05\/MAGUFULI-FUNCTIONING-ECONOMY.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking during the inauguration of the country\u2019s new Constitutional Affairs Minister, Mwigulu Nchemba, Magufuli also dismissed claims former Chief Justice Augustine Ramadhani, succumbed to the virus saying he had been undergoing treatment for cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Magufuli\u2019s remarks came against the backdrop of a significant increase in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the East African nation from 284 on April 29 to 480 by May 1, making the country the most affected in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LIVE: RAIS DKT. 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Kenya had by May 2 discharged 152 patients representing a 34.9 recovery rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rwanda, Uganda, South Sudan and Burundi had registered 249, 85, 45 and fifteen as at May 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his remarks on Sunday, Magufuli cautioned against what he termed as fearmongering by politicians and the press which he accused of constantly running alarming news content on coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He faulted the country\u2019s health ministry for ordering fumigation in major cities saying there was no credible evidence that the exercise would help effort to contain the spread of the pandemic which has led to 244,000 deaths globally with over 3.4 million infections reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Magufuli\u2019s response to COVID-19 has been fiercely criticized by opponents with the country\u2019s Opposition Leader Freeman Mbowe urging him to change tact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI expected our president to be on the frontline to deal with this crisis, hold discussions with health experts on the pandemic instead of with heads of defence and security,\u201d Mbowe said in a recent statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The opposition chief further faulted Magufuli\u2019s move to reshuffle two senior officials in the health ministry in changes which saw the Health Principal Secretary and the country\u2019s Chief Medical Officer replaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cYou don\u2019t change generals in the midst of a war. Transparency and timely information on the pandemic would help citizens to take appropriate precautions to prevent a further spread,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mbowe\u2019s sentiments had been echoed by Arusha-based advocate Albert Msando who was arrested on April 29 on sedition charges after he claimed President Magufuli\u2019s regime was underreporting COVID-19 infections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, May 3 \u2013 President John Magufuli of Tanzania Sunday ordered a probe on the country\u2019s coronavirus testing protocols citing possible interference by unnamed western powers. Magufuli claimed some animal, fruit and oil samples disguised as human samples had tested positive for the virus raising questions on the credibility of the country\u2019s influenza laboratory. 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