By: Varun Kumar
November 2 2021
True: The Tanzanian security forces had randomly obtained several non-human samples for COVID-19 test, including from pawpaw, a goat and a sheep, but had assigned them human names and ages.
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President John Magufuli had instructed Tanzanian security forces to check the quality of coronavirus testing kits after goat and fruit test positive.
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President John Magufuli had instructed Tanzanian security forces to check the quality of coronavirus testing kits after goat and fruit test positive.The Twitter post by Ahmed Mohamed dated 3 May 2020 states that John Magufuli president of Tanzia declared that the COVID-19 tests kits used in Tanzania were faulty. He also revealed that several non-human samples sent to the National lab tested positive for COVID-19 including samples from a Papaya, a goat and a sheep. Reports suggested that John Magufuli had instructed Tanzanian security forces to check the quality of the kits. Thus they had randomly obtained several non-human samples labelled with names of humans with fake names and age. The COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to a lot of potentially dangerous misinformation. For reliable advice on COVID-19 including symptoms, prevention and available treatment, please refer to the World Health Organisation or your national healthcare authority.