The WHO supports the Africa CDC, while Tanzania is conducting investigations on the laboratory that conducted the tests
John Nkengasong, director of the Africa CDC. Picture: REUTERS/TIKSA NEGERI
On Sunday, Tanzanian President John Magufuli said the imported test kits were faulty after they had returned positive results on a goat and a pawpaw — among several non-human samples submitted for testing, with technicians left deliberately unaware of their origins. The Africa CDC, along with the Jack Ma Foundation, a charity founded by the Chinese billionaire, supplied the tests, he said.
Hassan Abbas, Tanzania’s chief government spokesperson, said the government has formed a team of experts to examine the lab that conducted the tests, and will give the outcome of the results once completed.
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