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  2. COVID-19 pandemic in Tanzania - Wikipedia

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    Deaths. 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.

  3. Death and state funeral of John Magufuli - Wikipedia

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    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 Tanzanian president to die in office. Prior to his death, rumours speculated that he had contracted COVID-19 following months of denial during the ongoing pandemic.

  4. Acid attack and abductions: Tanzania's poisonous politics

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    The recent wave of abductions, arrests and the brutal killing of an opposition official in Tanzania seems to be dimming the ray of political hope that came with President Samia Suluhu Hassan's ...

  5. John Magufuli - Wikipedia

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    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. [4][5][6]

  6. COVID-19 pandemic in Africa - Wikipedia

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    Government subsequently eased the restrictions as from 5 May. [157] The country recorded its first death on 10 July. [158] [non-primary source needed] Namibia reported 29,183 total cases, 3,504 active cases, and 271 total deaths on 13 January 2021. This is 106 deaths per one million population. [78] In July 2022, government ended all national ...

  7. 2020 in Tanzania - Wikipedia

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    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

  8. Samia Suluhu Hassan - Wikipedia

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    She reversed the denialist position on the COVID-19 pandemic in Tanzania held by Magufuli, and she entered Tanzania into the COVAX program to begin distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in July 2021. [20] Mandatory 14-day quarantines for travellers entering Tanzania from countries with cases of new variants of SARS-CoV-2 were imposed. [21]

  9. Tanganyika laughter epidemic - Wikipedia

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    The laughter epidemic began on January 30, 1962, at a mission-run boarding school for girls in Kashasha. It started with three girls and spread throughout the school, affecting 95 of the 159 pupils, aged 12–18. [2][3] Symptoms lasted from a few hours to 16 days, averaging around 7 days. [4] The teaching staff were unaffected and reported that ...