Moshi — Kilimanjaro
Reional Commissioner Anna Mghwira yesterday became the first high
profile government official to declare that she had tested positive of
the novel coronavirus. She has since gone into in
"I took the
Covid-19 test and the results have shown that I am positive. Several
weeks ago I began feeling so exhausted and that is why I felt I should
take the test," said the RC who was a Presidential candidate in 2015
elections on ACT-Wazalendo ticket.
According to her
despite not having any symptoms, she decided to test due to her
operations as the RC which involves meeting several people.
She called upon Tanzanians to go for medical checkup while at the same time protecting themselves from being infected.
"I would like to
use this opportunity to ask you not to be scared, the virus is here with
us and the only way is to encourage hygiene, social distancing and to
wear face masks," she said.
She says that for
the time she has had the infection she has discovered that there is need
for patients to be taken care of from home instead of being taken to
hospitals.
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