Magufuli fires NIMR Director

ONLINE REPORTER

President John Magufuli has revoked the appointment of Dr Mwele Malecela,Director General of National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR)

According to State House press release, a new Director General of National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) will be picked later.
This come barely two days since the institution announced their study findings showing that 15.6 per cent of the 533 people whose blood samples were tested had Zika virus.
Ministry of Health has already refuted the study saying there is no Zika virus in the country