Amidst the Coronavirus pandemic that has put the whole world on tenterhooks, it seems Tanzania is not about to accept that the pandemic is actually real.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a recent communique, Magufuli, the president of Tanzania has banned face masks in his country claiming that they are dangerous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Any one found putting on a face Mask will be arrested and jailed for 2 years\u2026its a criminal offence to use face masks in Tanzania in the name of fighting COVID,” he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Magufuli is claiming that face masks will kill more people than COVID 19. That masks will lead to respiratory failures and hence mass death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Amidst the Coronavirus pandemic that has put the whole world on tenterhooks, it seems Tanzania is not about to accept that the pandemic is actually real. In a recent communique, Magufuli, the president of Tanzania has banned face masks in his country claiming that they are dangerous. “Any one found putting on a face Mask […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7989,"featured_media":15494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[356,467],"tags":[612,31],"class_list":["post-15493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-big-story","category-health","tag-coronavirus","tag-featured"],"yoast_head":"\n