Tanzanian President John Magufuli speaking at the national congress of his ruling Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party in Dodoma, Tanzania. Photo / AP, FileTanzania's president is finally acknowledging that his country has a coronavirus problem after claiming for months that the disease had been defeated by prayer. People use a hand-washing station installed at the entrance to a market in Dodoma, Tanzania. Tanzania has not updated its number of coronavirus infections since April as the president has insisted Covid-19 had been defeated. Traders sit by vegetables at a street market in Dodoma, Tanzania.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 21, 2021 17:29 UTC