ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Thursday rejected an assertion by Tanzania’s president that his nation’s coronavirus tests are faulty.
On Sunday, Tanzanian President John Magufuli said the imported coronavirus test kits were faulty after they had returned positive results on a goat and a pawpaw. The next day, the head of the national health laboratory in charge of testing was suspended.
“The tests that Tanzania is using we know they are working very well,” Dr. John Nkengasong told journalists on a conference call.
The Africa CDC, along with the Jack Ma Foundation, a charity run by a Chinese billionaire, supplied the tests, Nkengasong said.
The Tanzanian Health Ministry and government spokesman could not immediately be reached for comment.
Tanzania, where places of worship remain open, has at least 480 confirmed cases and 18 deaths, the fourth highest case load in Eastern Africa. But the data is from Sunday, the most recent day the government released figures.
Almost all other African nations release daily reports on the latest tallies on infections, fatalities and recoveries. Tanzania’s lag has prompted criticism from the country’s opposition that the government is being secretive.
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John Nkengasong, Director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention attends a news conference on the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Ebola Response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, May 22, 2018.
Afiche ukweli ili apate nini? yeye ndo alouleta huo ugonjwa? yeye anayo tiba ya huo ugonjwa? nyie huo mnaouita ukweli mumewapimia wapi hao wagonjwa pamoja na marehemu? ugonjwa umeisha kwa kueleza hicho mnachoita ukweli? Pathetic...Hivi mtu uhujumu vipimo ili iwe nini?!
Tuache porojo... Magufuli HATAKI taarifa zijulikane, PERIOD!!
Kila mwenye macho aliona na mwenye masikio alisikia!
Baada ya mwanzoni wizara kusua sua kutoa updates, watu wakaanza kulalamikia usiri!
In response, wizara wakaanza kutoa updates and within 2 weeks, number of cases ika-shoot from less than 50 to more than 300!
Nini kilifuata?! Magufuli akambadilisha Katibu Mkuu wa wizara huku akitoa tuhuma kwamba wizara inatangaza maambukizi mapya tu lakini kuna watu wengi wamepona lakini hawatangazi!
Tangia hapo wizara wakaufyata!!
Kule Karimjee watu wamejiendea kwenye maombi, Kassim Majaliwa na kiherehere chake akataja takwimu mpya na kutaja total cases then ni 480!!
Magufuli yule yule ambae aliibuka na kumtoa Katibu Mkuu baada ya kutangaza idadi kubwa, hapa napo cku chache baadae akaibuka na simulizi zake za matikiti maji na hapo hapo akaagiza watu wa maabara wachunguzwe!!
Ummy angefanya nini! Akalazimika kuwasimamisha kazi Watendaji!!
So, simple and clear... Magufuli hataki kusikia habari za maambukizi zinatolewa hususani kama maambukizi ni makubwa! Yaani yupo radhi kuona watu wanakufa kimya kimya kuliko kuweka mambo wazi ili watu wawe makini zaidi, na ikibidi tupate support kutoka kwa wenzetu!!
Watu tukisema huu ukweli wanatokea Wapumbavu utasikia eti tunamchukia Magufuli... Very Stupid!
Very stupid!! Kama ugonjwa hujaisha how come tena unahoji afiche ili apate nini?! Na kama hafichi, kwanini hawataji cases mpya?Afiche ukweli ili apate nini? yeye ndo alouleta huo ugonjwa? yeye anayo tiba ya huo ugonjwa? nyie huo mnaouita ukweli mumewapimia wapi hao wagonjwa pamoja na marehemu? ugonjwa umeisha kwa kueleza hicho mnachoita ukweli? Pathetic...
Ina maana hufahamu wajibu wa huyo aliyejibu kwenye hivyo vifaa?!kweli vita ya kiuchumi si mchezo
yaani tunajibiwa na muafrica mwenzetu kabisaaa mtengenezaji vifaa yeye katulia kimyaaaa
jamaa amejibu tuIna maana hufahamu wajibu wa huyo aliyejibu kwenye hivyo vifaa?!
Tofautisha kati ya Mteja na Wateja!! Mbali na Magufuli (manake sio Tanzania), nchi gani nyingine imelalamikia hizi kits?!jamaa amejibu tu
hata kusema leteni vifaa vyenu tuchek kama vina errors
mbona kampuni kadhaa za magari kwa mf huwa wanarudisha baadhi ya brand kwa marekebisho baada ya wateja kulalamika kuwa zina matatizo
It's like me buying car from a dealer, then three days later finding out the transmission slips at cruising speed of 60km/h. Calling my dealer to complain about a lemon she sold me, only to be told, "we know it's working".
india kwani malalamiko yao yalikua nini?Tofautisha kati ya Mteja na Wateja!! Mbali na Magufuli (manake sio Tanzania), nchi gani nyingine imelalamikia hizi kits?!
Na usiseme jamaa amejibu tu, unatakiwa kufahamu CDC Africa ndio walikuwa responsible kwenye supply ya hivi vifaa! Kabla hawajasambaza hivyo vifaa, wanatakiwa kujiridhisha ubora wake.
Mimi na wewe tuna mawazo yanayofanana, mfano mtu anaweza test positive then akafa baadae na wakachua swap tena kwenye hio maiti na kukuta negative, corona imeifanya dunia kuwa sasa watu hawafi kwa magonjwa mengineIt is a serious mistake to object to a person without having to investigate his or her questions that require scientific investigation
Je Yule kijana Dreva lori wa Kenya, aliyerudishwa kutoka Uganda ambapo alipimwa akaonekana ana maambukizi, na baada ya kurudi kwao Kenya alipopima mara mbili zaidi hakuonekana na Covd,
Hayo sio mashaka ya vipimo vyetu hivi mkuu!!
Nenda youtube mkuu ipo free kabisa habari ya india kuhusu test kitsindia kwani malalamiko yao yalikua nini?
kuna jamaa amesema hakuna nchi iliyotoa malalamiko kuhusu hizo kitsNenda youtube mkuu ipo free kabisa habari ya india kuhusu test kits
It is a serious mistake to object to a person without having to investigate his or her questions that require scientific investigation
Je Yule kijana Dreva lori wa Kenya, aliyerudishwa kutoka Uganda ambapo alipimwa akaonekana ana maambukizi, na baada ya kurudi kwao Kenya alipopima mara mbili zaidi hakuonekana na Covd,
Hayo sio mashaka ya vipimo vyetu hivi mkuu!!
kuna jamaa amesema hakuna nchi iliyotoa malalamiko kuhusu hizo kits
ndo nikawa namshangaa hajasikia india ikituhumu pia hizo kits
kuna jamaa amesema hakuna nchi iliyotoa malalamiko kuhusu hizo kits
ndo nikawa namshangaa hajasikia india ikituhumu pia hizo kits
Magufuli ni mtu mwenye tabia very unique...... Frankly speaking dunia nzima inawashaangaa Wadanganyika walichaguaje Rais kama huyu!!!
Tofautisha kati ya Mteja na Wateja!! Mbali na Magufuli (manake sio Tanzania), nchi gani nyingine imelalamikia hizi kits?!
Na usiseme jamaa amejibu tu, unatakiwa kufahamu CDC Africa ndio walikuwa responsible kwenye supply ya hivi vifaa! Kabla hawajasambaza hivyo vifaa, wanatakiwa kujiridhisha ubora wake.