The medical authorities of Tanzania are not going to purchase and import the coronavirus vaccine into the country and vaccinate the population. This was reported by Al Arabiya TV channel with reference to the Minister of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Childhood Affairs of the country Dorothy Gwazimu on Tuesday, February 2.
"The Ministry of Health does not plan to receive vaccines against COVID-19," the TV channel quoted her as saying from a press conference.
According to Gwazima, Tanzanians are completely safe in the situation with this infection. She urged citizens to adhere to basic hygiene standards, as well as inhalation if necessary.
The head of the State Service for Chemicals, Fideliche Mafumiko, offered to treat the virus with medicinal herbs.
In January, Tanzanian President John Magufuli said the country did not need to use the coronavirus vaccine.
Tanzania stopped publishing incidence statistics in April 2020, when the number of cases of this infection reached 509.
In late January, World Health Organization ( WHO ) Africa Director Matshidiso Moeti called on Tanzanian authorities to share information about the pandemic. WHO experts are concerned that Africa will not be able to get rid of this infection if at least one of the countries of the continent does not fight it efficiently and universally recognized ways.
On January 28, Moeti said that 175 thousand new cases of coronavirus and 6.2 thousand deaths were registered in Africa over the past week. From December 29 to January 25, the number of new cases increased by 50% over the previous four weeks.
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