Tanzania Suspends Medical Chief After Leader Queries Virus Data
- President has been criticized for handling of disease outbreak
- ‘Situation is not as bad as fear-mongers claim,’ Magufuli says
Church members check temperature at mass in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Photographer: Erickyt Boniphace/AFP via Getty Images
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Tanzania suspended the head of the national medical laboratory, a day after President John Magufuli questioned its coronavirus case figures and said the outbreak isn’t as bad as reported.