Tanzanian President suspicious after samples from goats, fruits tested positive for COVID-19

Random samples from goats, pawpaw and sheep have strangely tested positive for Covid-19 in Tanzania.

The president, John Magufuli who had put the Covid-19 kits to a test has queried the authenticity of their results after fruits and animals turned out positive.

At an event in Chato, northwest of Tanzania, Magufuli narrated that lab scientists had tested non-human samples positive after he had secretly instructed security forces to assign them human names and ages.

“There is something happening. I said before we should not accept that every aid is meant to be good for this nation,” Magufuli said

“We extracted a sample from a goat which turned positive. This tells you that something is not adding up. Are we now supposed to quarantine goats and fruits?” he questioned insisting that the test kits should be investigated

Meanwhile the east African country has recorded 480 Covid-19 cases so far.

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