A good week
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan moved this week to reverse her denialist predecessor John Magufuli’s policies on the Covid pandemic. Magufuli, who died in March, shunned the use of masks and advised citizens to resort to prayer, steam baths and traditional remedies to stay healthy — reminiscent of Manto Tshabalala-Msimang’s approach to HIV/Aids here in SA. Hassan is dumping that approach, saying her policy will be science-based and the country might resume publishing infection data...
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