{"id":121331,"date":"2021-05-04T15:12:27","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T07:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=121331"},"modified":"2021-05-04T15:12:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T07:12:31","slug":"tanzania-once-sceptical-of-covid-19-announces-measures-to-curb-new-variants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=121331","title":{"rendered":"Tanzania, once sceptical of Covid-19, announces measures to curb new variants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.standardmedia.co.ke\/images\/tuesday\/fazsbcrgzwf9ts6090e37c5acd6.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption><strong>Pres Suluhu approach to tackling COVID-19 contrasts sharply with her late predecessor John Magufuli who dismissed fears of the infection.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>DAR ES SALAAM, May 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Tanzania announced new anti-coronavirus measures, saying it wanted to prevent the importation of new variants, highlighting new President Samia Suluhu Hassan&#8217;s more active efforts to contain the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the new measures, travellers, both foreigners and Tanzanians, will be required to present negative COVID-19 tests at border points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her approach to tackling COVID-19 contrasts sharply with her late predecessor John Magufuli who dismissed fears of the infection and promoted remedies such as steam inhalation and herbal concoctions as a cure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Based on the global epidemiological situation and emergence of new variants of viruses that cause COVID-19, there&#8217;s an increased risk of their importation into our country,&#8221; a ministry of health statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To prevent such a risk, the statement said, Tanzania had &#8220;decided to elevate and enhance prevailing preventive measures, especially those with regard to international travel.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There will also be &#8220;enhanced screening&#8221; of travellers and a mandatory 14-day quarantine for travellers from countries with new variants and those who have travelled there in the last 14 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While staying in the country, the statement said, visitors will be required to adhere to preventive measures including mask wearing, sanitising and social distancing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Magufuli, who died in March, had urged Tanzanians to shun mask-wearing and also denounced vaccines as a Western conspiracy, frustrating the World Health Organization and local critics. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/news\/topics\/coronavirus-covid-19?cid=h3_referral_inarticlelinks_24082018_cna\" target=\"_blank\">r<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAR ES SALAAM, May 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Tanzania announced new anti-coronavirus measures, saying it wanted to prevent the importation of new variants, highlighting new President Samia Suluhu Hassan&#8217;s more active efforts to contain the pandemic. Among the new measures, travellers, both foreigners and Tanzanians, will be required to present negative COVID-19 tests at border points. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":121335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121331"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/121335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}