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Tanzania national laboratory director suspended after Magufuli doubts Covid-19 results

Tanzania's Minister of Health, Community Development, Gender, Seniors and Children Ummy Ally Mwalimu.


The Director of the National Health Laboratory and the head of quality control in Tanzania have been suspended with immediate effect.

This move comes a day after President John Pombe Magufuli said that he did not trust Covid-19 results from the Country’s national Laboratory.

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