Tanzanian president,
John Magufuli, has ordered a probe on the country’s coronavirus testing kits
after samples taken from a goat and pawpaw tested positive.
Speaking at an event
in Chato in the northwest of Tanzania on Sunday, the President said that the
COVID-19 testing kits, which had been imported from abroad had “technical
errors”.
Magufuli said that
he had given directives to Tanzanian security forces to check the quality of
the kits, who randomly collected non-human samples, including from pawpaw, a
goat, and a sheep, but had assigned them human names and ages.
He further stated
that these samples were then submitted to Tanzania’s laboratory to test for the
coronavirus, with the lab technicians left deliberately unaware of their origins.
He said ”The samples
from the pawpaw and the goat tested positive for COVID-19.
”This clearly states
that it was likely that some people were being tested positive when in fact
they were not infected by the Coronavirus.
“Are we now supposed
to quarantine goats and fruits?
”If a sample from a
goat, which turned positive it means that something is not adding up.”
The country, which
is among the African countries being hit by the dreaded coronavirus pandemic
has 408 confirmed cases, 167 patients have recovered with 16 deaths recorded.
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Confusion every were,me self I am also confused.
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