NAIROBI – Tanzania's new president appears to be taking a new, scientific approach to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
President Samia Suluhu Hassan said Tuesday she will form a technical committee to advise her about the scope of COVID-19 infections in the country and how to respond to the pandemic.
COVID-19 is “not something we should be quiet about or refuse flatly or accept without doing a scientific examination,” Hassan said in Swahili. “We will do medical research which will tell us the scope of the problem and advise us about what the world is recommending as well as our own expertise,” she said.
Hassan, made the remarks that were broadcast live, after swearing key government officers in a hall in State House, the president's official