We will not allow our people to be used as ‘Guinea Pigs’ for COVID-19 vaccines—Tanzania’s President
We will not allow our people to be used as ‘Guinea Pigs’ for COVID-19 vaccines—Tanzania’s President
We will not allow our people to be used as ‘Guinea Pigs’ for COVID-19 vaccines—Tanzania’s President
Tanzania’s president, John Magufuli has expressed doubt that the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines which are vaccinated outside the East African nation is bringing new infections into the country.
According to him, the whites will not share to countries effective vaccines that can bring COVID-19 under control since they failed to support the world with HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis cure.
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“If the white man was able to come up with vaccinations, then vaccinations for AIDS would have been brought, tuberculosis would be a thing of the past, vaccines for malaria and cancer would have been found,” President Magufuli said.
Speaking at an event in his hometown in Tanzania, he warned against Tanzanians being used as “guinea pigs” for the vaccines.
President Magufuli, who offered no evidence to support his doubts, has been widely criticised for declaring the coronavirus defeated in Tanzania.
The country has failed to update its number of confirmed infections since the middle of last year.
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But now other authorities in the country, including the Catholic church, appear to be pushing back as parts of the African continent see a strong second surge in virus infections.
President Magufuli also suggested that donated vaccines were part of a conspiracy to steal Africa’s wealth.
“Don’t think you are loved so much. Tanzania is rich. Africa is rich. Everyone wants a piece of it,” he claimed.
The president in the past has told Tanzanians not to implement social distancing while encouraging them to use untested herbal remedies to treat the disease.
He also questioned the credibility of donated virus tests.
Some people who opposed the government’s stance that Tanzania was coronavirus-free were arrested and charged.
President Magufuli won a second five-year term in office in an October election which opposition leaders blasted as a “butchering of democracy.”
Source: www.spotonnews.net
