New Tanzanian President Plans To Create Expert Team Marking Change In Coronavirus Policy
Faizan Hashmi Published April 06, 2021 | 05:10 PM
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th April, 2021) Tanzania's new president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, announced on Tuesday intention to form a special team of experts to study COVID-19 issues and suggested remedies, marking a change in policy of late President John Magufuli, who had denied the existence of the coronavirus in the country.
"I am moved to set a technical committee to review the coronavirus issue. To examine global remedies scientifically and thereafter advise the government professionally. It is unwise to mute, reject or accept without conducting technical research," Suluhu Hassan said as quoted by the Daily news national newspaper.
Speaking after swearing in new and reshuffled permanent secretaries and deputies, she said that Tanzania cannot isolate itself amid the global struggle against the pandemic.
"We will carry out technical research, form a technical team to give us the scope for the problem and what is being proposed globally.
We want to know the efficacy of global remedies to the country. I am intending to take these measures on the covid," the president noted.
Magufuli died on March 17 at the age of 61 in a hospital in Dar es Salam. Then-Vice President Suluhu Hassan, who subsequently became the first female president of the East African country, said that Magufuli died after a decade-long struggle with heart disease. However, the country's opposition and Western media claimed that Magufuli had suffered from the coronavirus. The authorities have denied the reports.
Magufuli had consistently denied that there is COVID-19 in the country and encouraged citizens to pray and use herbal medicine as cure. Tanzania's health authorities also refused to purchase coronavirus vaccines.
Related Topics
Recent Stories
Punjab CM inaugurates Pakistan’s first Virtual Women Police Station
Dutch model Donny Roelvink embraces Islam
Experts raise concerns over introduction of 10-stick packs
Iranian president arrives in Karachi
Law Minister expresses Govt's resolve to address issue of missing persons
Rizwan’s batting order may be changed: Sources
Nawaz Sharif to visit Guangzhou exhibition in China
FM Dar not traveling to China: Foreign Office
PM takes notice of deliberate delay in tax cases
Iranian President visits Allama Iqbal’s mausoleum
Iranian President arrives in Lahore today
Currency Rate In Pakistan - Dollar, Euro, Pound, Riyal Rates On 23 April 2024
More Stories From World
-
Football: Italian Cup result
19 minutes ago -
Football: English Premier League result
19 minutes ago -
Talks on global plastic treaty begin in Canada
19 minutes ago -
US markets rise for second straight day as sentiment improves
19 minutes ago -
Asia hit hardest by climate change, extreme weather: UN weather agency
29 minutes ago -
Migrant boat capsizes off Djibouti leaving 21 dead
6 hours ago
-
Tesla profits tumble 55% as EV sales under pressure
6 hours ago -
Talks on global plastic treaty begin in Canada
7 hours ago -
Migrant deportations loom after parliament passes UK-Rwanda plan
7 hours ago -
Macron in last-ditch bid to halt EU vote battering
8 hours ago -
Ukraine moves to bring military-aged men home to fight
9 hours ago -
Asia hit hardest by climate change, extreme weather: UN weather agency
9 hours ago