Hapo awali si vyombo vingi vya habari Duniani vilikuwa vikiiandika Tanzania. Tanzania ilianza kuandikwa sana kwa mabaya kuanzia shambulio la Tundu Lisu. Tukio lile kwa wiki zima lilimfanya Tundu Lisu kuwa mtu aliyeandikwa zaidi na vyombo mbalimbali Duniani kuliko mtu yeyote.
Kwa sasa, Tanzania inaandikwa na vyombo mbalimbali Duniani, zaidi kwa ubaya kutokana na kuonekana kuwa nchi primitive inayoamini kwenye mambo ya kusadikika wakati Duniani nzima inaegemea kwenye sayansi na tekinolojia katika kupambana na corona. Na kwenye maajabu haya ya primitivity, kinara wake ni Rais Magufuli. Rais Magufuli anayetajwa kuwa mwanasayansi, sayansi inayoamini katika utafiti na takwimu, ndiye amekuwa kinara wa kupuuza tafiti na takwimu.
Hapa chini mi baadhi ya vyombo mbalimbali vya kimataifa, vilivyoitaja Tanzania na Rais wanavyocheza na Corona kwa kutumia nadharia za kufikirika:
THE TELEGRAPH
Tanzanian president softens stance on Covid-19 as he urges citizens to wear masks
The WHO urges the country to share data on the virus, which has been consistently downplayed by officials
has urged citizens to take precautions against Covid-19 and wear masks, signalling a partial U-turn on his previous denial of the existence of the virus.
Mr Magufuli's comments came hours after the World Health Organization director-general, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, renewed calls for the country to share its virus data, saying the situation was very concerning
Speaking at St Peter’s Parish in Dar es Salaam on Sunday, Mr Magufuli, who nine months earlier declared Tanzania Covid-19 free, said that citizens should listen to the advice of health experts and wear face masks, but only those locally-made. Masks coming from abroad could not be trusted, he said.
VOICE OF AMERICA
Tanzania President Creeps Toward Acknowledging Presence of COVID-19
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA - Tanzania's President John Magufuli appears to be acknowledging the problem of COVID-19 in the country, after months of claiming the virus had been defeated through prayer and steam treatments. While not specifically naming the virus, Magufuli on Sunday urged Tanzanians to begin wearing face masks for “respiratory” illnesses that are becoming a problem.
It is almost a year since Magufuli declared his country to be free from COVID-19 and said prayer helped to defeat the virus.
COVID-19 Cases Increase in Tanzania, Despite Government Denial
DODOMA, TANZANIA - Tanzania’s government insists there are no cases of COVID-19 in the country, but residents and doctors point to a growing number of illnesses and deaths. Opposition politicians say the government’s stance is endangering lives.
Nasa Kiwanga visits the grave of his daughter, Tully, who died earlier this month.
Tully passed away in a hospital in Dodoma, Tanzania’s capital, one week after falling sick.
Doctors told her family she died of pneumonia, but Tully’s father Nasa Kiwanga believes his daughter died of COVID-19.
What sent his daughter to the hospital, he said, was that she started having breathing difficulties when at home. After that, she was sent to the hospital on Saturday morning. Kiwanga said she lived for only two days with oxygen support, adding that, when the oxygen finished at the hospital, the life of my daughter ended there.
According to a doctor who asked not to be identified, Kiwanga is correct – his daughter died of COVID-19.
ALJEZIRA
After deaths, WHO urges Tanzania to share COVID data, take action
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged Tanzania’s authorities to take “robust action” against the coronavirus pandemic amid increasing warnings that the country is witnessing a deadly resurgence in infections.
President John Magufuli has long played down the virus, repeatedly claiming that Tanzania defeated COVID-19 with God’s help and refusing to take tough measures to curb its spread.
But a recent spate of deaths attributed to pneumonia has struck both members of the public and government officials. On Friday, after months of denial, Magufuli appeared to admit the coronavirus was circulating in Tanzania, a country of some 60 million people.
Oman suspends arrivals from eight African countries
BBC News
Oman has suspended arrivals from 10 countries for a fortnight starting on Thursday, to limit the spread of Covid-19.
Out of the 10, eight are African countries: Sudan, South Africa, Nigeria, Tanzania, Ghana, Ethiopia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.
The two others are Brazil and Lebanon.
Oman's decision also applies to arrivals from elsewhere if they have passed through any of the suspended countries in the 14 days prior to applying to enter the sultanate
Omani citizens, diplomats, health workers and their families are exempted from the suspension, according to the body in charge of dealing with Covid-19 in the sultanate.
Oman’s ministry of health earlier this month said travellers, especially those from East African countries, had accounted for 18% of new infections.
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Tanzania COVID-19 response: Government accused of a coverup
Tanzania’s government is accused of sending out false messaging about COVID-19 and covering up a crisis.
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Speaking at the funeral of a presidential top aide, Tanzania's President John Magufuli has spoken about coronavirus and called for three days of prayer and fasting.
He said the East African nation had defeated Covid-19 last year and would win again this year.
The president said it might be a "test from God" and urged Tanzanians not to panic.
His chief secretary, John Kijazi, died of an undisclosed illness while undergoing treatment
Magufuli tells mourners Tanzania will defeat Covid
President Magufuli last year declared the country "Covid-19 free"Image caption: President Magufuli last year declared the country "Covid-19 free.
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Tanzania: Doctors urge Magufuli’s government to take Covid seriously
Two weeks ago, *Emmanuel Abdi a resident in Kibamba in the outskirts of the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, lost his father.
His family says his death was caused by the coronavirus. Before his death, Abdi’s father experienced chest pains, a lung infection and for a long time he has been battling tuberculosis.
He says: “My father didn’t get any medical attention. We are worried with the situation, that’s why we want to protect ourselves from this dangerous pandemic.”
Abdi says his father did not get any medical attention because the government stopped attending to people believed to have Covid-19, after authorities said the country was free from the pandemic in June 2020 after three days of prayers. His family is now in isolation at home.
President John Magufuli has denied that Covid-19 is a problem and cast doubts on the efficacy of vaccines. His government has proposed the use of alternative therapies to deal with cases of illness.
WWK 13 News
Tanzania’s COVID-denying leader urges prayer as cases climb
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tanzania’s COVID-denying president is calling on citizens for three days of prayer to defeat unnamed “respiratory diseases” amid warnings that the country is seeing a deadly resurgence in infections.
“Maybe we have wronged God somewhere,” populist President John Magufuli told mourners at a funeral for his chief secretary, John Kijazi, on Friday. “Let us all repent.”
AFRICA NEWS
After WHO pressure, Tanzania's leader admits country has COVID cases
Tanzania’s president is finally acknowledging that his country has a coronavirus problem after claiming for months that the disease had been defeated by prayer.
PPresident John Magufuli on Sunday urged citizens of the East African country to take precautions and even wear face masks - but only locally made ones.
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
A nation refuses to follow its leader's denial of COVID-19
President John Magufuli’s continued denial of the existence of COVID-19 is pushing some in Tanzania to a breaking point. As Mr. Magufuli shows little sign of changing his stance, his colleagues, the opposition, and the religious leaders are trying to tackle infections.
By Cara Anna, Associated Press
NAIROBI, KENYA
Tanzania’s president says God has eliminated COVID-19 in his country. His own church now begs to differ.
