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17–26 March 2021. Venue. Uhuru Stadium, Dar es Salaam (lying-in-state) Jamhuri Stadium, Dodoma (state funeral) John Magufuli, the 5th President of Tanzania, died on 17 March 2021 following a prolonged illness. He was the first and only Tanzanian president to die in office. Prior to his death, rumours speculated that he had contracted COVID-19 ...
846 [1] Government website. www .moh .go .tz /en /covid-19-info. The COVID-19 pandemic in Tanzania was a part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ( SARS-CoV-2 ). The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Tanzania in March 2020.
John Magufuli. John Pombe Joseph Magufuli [2] (29 October 1959 – 17 March 2021) [3] was the fifth president of Tanzania, serving from 2015 until his death in 2021. He served as Minister of Works, Transport and Communications from 2000 to 2005 and 2010 to 2015 and was chairman of the Southern African Development Community from 2019 to 2020.
In the wake of the passing of its president, all eyes are on vice president Samia Hassan, whose task it will be to lead the country through precarious economic and political conditions.
This news conference made headlines after a pulmonologist, Dr. Branimir Nestorović, made joking statements about the virus, calling it "the most laughable virus in the history of mankind" and suggested that women should travel to then virus-affected Italy for shopping because "estrogen protects them". The president, who was visible in the ...
Mauritania. On 13 March, the first case in the country was confirmed. [94] By 18 April 2020, there had been 7 confirmed cases in the country, 6 of whom recovered, and one died making Mauritania at the time the only affected country in Africa and in the world to become free of COVID-19. [95] A further case was confirmed on 29 April.
Mangufuli decried lockdowns, was sceptical of COVID-19 drugs and suggested vaccines may be part of a foreign plot to steal Africa's wealth. Tanzania's 'Bulldozer' president and COVID-19 sceptic ...
February 2 – At least 40 people are killed in a stampede at a church in Moshi, Tanzania. May. May 3 – COVID-19 pandemic: Tanzanian President John Magufuli questions coronavirus tests after samples from a goat, a pawpaw, and a sheep tested positive. Tanzania reports 480 cases of COVID-19 and 17 deaths. October