Tanzania’s government said on Sunday that a significant fall in the number of coronavirus infections has led to closure of more treatment centres that had been designated to handle Covid-19 patients across the country.
The Health ministry says the country is now remained with 11 treatment centres in operation from the initial 84.
Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu yesterday visited Lulanzi health centre in the Coast Region, the latest Covid-19 center to be closed.
She said during the visit that 11 of the remaining centres include private hospitals.
“We are thankful that new infections and Covid-19 cases have significantly dropped in our country. However, people shouldn’t forgo taking precautionary measures to prevent possible spread of the virus,” cautioned the minister.
The latest centre to be closed, she said, hadn’t recorded any new coronavirus cases since May 26, 2020.
Lulanzi was one among the biggest health centres in Tanzania designated to treat Covid-19 patients.
The government has repeatedly said that the Covid-19 cases have drastically gone down in Tanzania although there has been no official figures on the pandemic that have been released since the start of May.
The government has also eased Covid-19 restriction and directed reopening of schools and other learning institutions. It has also allowed resumption of sporting activities.
Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa told parliament in June that there were 66 active coronavirus cases, but provided no further details.
It should be noted that Tanzania did not put up strong restrictions for the pandemic like her East African neighbours, especially Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania who laid down restrictions and curfews.
President Magufuli at a time claimed that there was foul play at the country’s health ministry and smuggled samples objects to the testing laboratory where different results returned.
He also promised to procure medical herbs prepared in Madagascar to cure Tanzanian patients.
Despite other nations providing daily updates on the pandemic, Tanzania last updated in May, showing 509 cases.
In East Africa, Uganda has registered 939 cases, Rwanda 1,105 cases, Kenya 7,886 cases, Burundi 191 cases and South Sudan 2,058 cases.
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