VIDEO: DC KATAMBI AMPA SIKU 3 MASANJA MKANDAMIZAJI KURIPOTI OFISINI KWAKE JIJINI DODOMA BAADA YA KUFANYA MZAHA JUU YA CORONA

<div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="Kiulizo Time: Dodoma wataka kuletewa COVID-19 | IDHAA YA KISWAHILI ..." height="360" src="https://www.dw.com/static/stills/images/vdt_sw/2020/bkis200402_365_kiulizo0204_01c.jpg" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><i><u>Na Faustine Gimu Galafoni,Dodoma.</u></i></b></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mkuu wa Wilaya Dodoma Mjini Mhe.Patrobas  Katambi amempa siku 3 Mwigizaji wa vichekesho Emanuel Mgaya[Masanja Mkandamizaji ]kuripoti Ofisi ya Mkuu wa Wilaya Dodoma baada ya kuleta Mzaha juu ya suala la Corona.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Akizungumza jijini Dodoma  mbele ya   Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Dodoma,Mkuu huyo wa wilaya mhe.Patrobas Katambi amesema Mwigizaji huyo, Emmanuel Mgaya [Masanja Mkandamizaji ]ambaye pia anafanya vipindi kupitia Shirika la Utangazaji Ujerumani [DW]akiwa Jijini Dodoma amefanya Mzaha juu ya ugonjwa wa Corona hivyo anatakiwa kuripoti ofisini kwa  mkuu wa wilaya Dodoma kujibu tuhuma kwanini analeta mzaha .</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“Mhe.Mkuu wa Mkoa kuna jambo muhimu nimeliona ,ninakumbuka kwenye mkoa wako huu,pia Wilaya ya Dodoma viongozi wametuagiza tusifanye mzaha juu ya Ugonjwa huu wa Corona lakini cha kushangaza kuna mwigizaji pia anafanya kazi na shirika la Utangazaji Ujeruman [DW]anaitwa Masanja Mkandamizaji amefanya mzaha juu ya ugonjwa huu akiwa Dodoma akithibitisha kuwa watu wa Dodoma hawajui maana ya ugonjwa huo akitumia neon la kiingereza [COVID-19]kwa hiyo tunamwomba mtu huyu kufIkia Jumatatu afike hapa Dodoma atuambie malengo yake yalikuwa ni nini hasa “amesema Katambi.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hivi Karibuni Emmanuel Mgaya[Masanja Mkandamizaji] akiwa makao  makao makuu ya nchi ya nchi wakati akifanya mahojiano na baadhi ya wananchi wakati akifanya kipindi chake kutoka DW aliwahoji wakazi wa Dodoma kuwa wanataka kuletewa COVID -19 ngapi ambapo bila ya kujua maana ya COVID 19 baadhi ya wananchi walisema   wanahitaji waletewe COVID 19  elfu tano[5,000].</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ikumbukwe kuwa COVID -19 ni ufupisho wa maneno ya Kiingereza “Corona Viruse Disease ambapo virusi hivyo viligunduliwa mwaka 2019.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="444" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/M-0fY5wXCGM" width="650"></iframe>

VIDEO: DC KATAMBI AMPA SIKU 3 MASANJA MKANDAMIZAJI KURIPOTI OFISINI KWAKE JIJINI DODOMA BAADA YA KUFANYA MZAHA JUU YA CORONA

Na Faustine Gimu Galafoni,Dodoma. Mkuu wa Wilaya Dodoma Mjini Mhe.Patrobas  Katambi amempa siku 3 Mwigizaji wa vichekesho Emanuel Mga...

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KUANZIA MEI 01 MARUFUKU KULA NYAMA YA PAKA NA MBWA

<div style="text-align: center;"> <img height="359" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/AAE7/production/_111515734_gettyimages-1208779325.jpg" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shenzhen umekuwa mji wa kwanza wa Uchina kupiga marufuku ulaji wa kitoweo cha nyama za mbwa na paka.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hii inakuja baada ya mlipuko wa virusi vya corona kuhusishwa na ulaji wa wanyamapori, jambo lililowafanya maafisa wa Uchina kupiga marufuku biashara na ulaji wa wanyama hao.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shenzhen ilichukua hatua zaidi, kwa kuweka marufuku ya ulaji wa mbwa na paka. Sheria hiyo itaanza kutekelezwa kuanzia tarehe 1 Mei,2020.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mbwa milioni thelathini huuawa kote katika bara la Asia kwa ajili ya nyama, linasema shirika la kutetea haki za wanyama, Humane Society International (HSI).</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hata hivyo, ulaji wa nyama ya mbwa nchini Uchina si wa kawaida sana-wengi wa Wachina hawajawahi kufanya hivyo na wanasema hawataki kufanya hivyo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Mbwa na paka kama wanyama wa nyumbani wameweza kuwa na uhusiano wa karibuu sana na binadamu kuliko wanyama wengine wote, na kupiga marufuku ulaji wa nyama za mbwa na paka na wanyama wengine wa nyumbani ni jambo la kawida katika mataifa yaliyoendelea na kama miji ya Hong Kong na Taiwan," ilisema serikali ya jiji la Shenzhen kwa mujibu wa taarifa ya shirika la habari la Reuters.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Marufuku hii pia inaitika mahitaji na moyo wa kistaarabu wa ubinadamu.''</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shirika HSI limepongeza hatua hiyo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Haya kusema ukweli ni mafanikio makubwa katika juhudi za kumaliza ukatili huu ambao unakadiriwa kuwauwa mbwa milioni 10 na paka milioni 4 nchini Uchina kila mwaka," alisema Dkt. Peter Li, mtaalamu wa sera katika kampuni ya Uchina ya HSI.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hata hivyo wakati huo huo wakati hukumu hii inatolewa, Uchina imeidhinisha matumizi ya nyongo ya dubu katika kuwatibu wagonjwa wa coronavirus.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nyongo ya dubu - ambayo ni kimiminika kinachosaidia kusaga chakula huchukuliwa kutoka kwa dubu ambao ni hai - imekua ikitumika kwa muda mrefu nchini Uchina kama dawa ya kienyeji.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nyongo hiyo ambayo ina tindikali ya ursodeoxycholic , hutumiwa kuyeyusha mawe yanayojitengeneza katika kibofu cha mkojo na kutibu ugonjwa wa maini . Lakini hakuna uthibitisho kuwa ina ufanisi dhidi coronavirus na mchakato wa kuitoa huwasababishia machungu sana wanyama hao.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Brian Daly, msemaji wa wakfu wa Animals Asia Foundation, aliliambia shirika la habari la AFP kuwa: "Hatupaswi kuwa tunategemea bidhaa za wanyama kama nyongo ya dubu kama suluhu ya kukabiliana na virusi vinavyoua ambavyo vinaonekana kuwa asili yake ni wanyamapori."</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Soko la wanyamapori</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <img original="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/16A4F/production/_111515729_gettyimages-957432978.jpg" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/16A4F/production/_111515729_gettyimages-957432978.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; width: auto;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Picha ya maktaba ya soko la nyama Uchina.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mwezi Februari, mamlaka za Uchina zilipiga marufuku biashara na ulaji wa wanyama wa pori.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hatua hiyo ilichukulia baada ya kubainika kuwa soko la Wuhan linalouza wanyama wa porini na nyama za wanyamapori huenda kilikua ndio kitovu cha mlipuko wa virusi vipya vya corona, na kutoa njia ya virusi kusafiri kutoka kwa wanyama hadi kwa binadamu.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Taarifa hizi ziliifanya serikali ya Uchina kufunga biashara hizo na masoko yanayouza bidhaa za aina hiyo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kwa sasa kunakaribu wagonjwa milioni moja walioothibitishwa kuwa na virusi vya corona kote duniani, na zaidi ya vifo 47,000, kwa mujibu wa hesabu za Chuo kikuu cha Johns Hopkins cha Marekani.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nchini Uchina pekee, kuna wagonjwa 81,589 na vifo 3,318.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wanasayansi na watafiti bado hawajaweza kutambua chanzo hasa cha mlipuko huo wa virusi na kwa namna gani viliwafikia wanadamu.</span></div>

KUANZIA MEI 01 MARUFUKU KULA NYAMA YA PAKA NA MBWA

Shenzhen umekuwa mji wa kwanza wa Uchina kupiga marufuku ulaji wa kitoweo cha nyama za mbwa na paka. Hii inakuja baada ya mlipuko w...

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MGONJWA MWINGINE WA CORONA APONA TANZANIA

<div style="text-align: center;"> <img height="597" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nmPjLE3wqIo/XocSZ8kUITI/AAAAAAAC2YE/tkRexGPG50UvAC5Bx3dfcrJ77LvERJ2BgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/2.jpg" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"Mungu ni mwema. Na leo pia hatuna case mpya za COVID19.  Mgonjwa wa Kagera (Ngara) amepona. Sasa jumla ya waliopona ni 3. Mgonjwa aliyebaki wa Arusha vipimo vyake siku ya 9 leo ni Negative. Tutampima siku ya 14 ili kujiridhisha kama  amepona. Wengine 15 waliobaki wanaendelea vizuri"-UMMY MWALIMU</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zSbLVphfCqY/XocSZ_vCI4I/AAAAAAAC2YI/q0GQKwjNRLQxvFq2hlHa9qYsX53LT8sKwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/1.jpg" width="640" /></div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <div dir="ltr" lang="in" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mungu ni mwema. Na leo pia hatuna case mpya za COVID19. Mgonjwa wa Kagera (Ngara) amepona. Sasa jumla ya waliopona ni 3. Mgonjwa aliebaki wa Arusha vipimo vyake siku ya 9 leo ni Negative. Tutampima siku ya 14 ili kujiridhisha kama amepona. Wengine 15 waliobaki wanaendelea vzr <a href="https://t.co/DcZVFTKrt1">pic.twitter.com/DcZVFTKrt1</a></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">— Ummy Mwalimu, MP (@umwalimu) <a href="https://twitter.com/umwalimu/status/1246018165215199232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2020</a></span></div> </blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>

MGONJWA MWINGINE WA CORONA APONA TANZANIA

"Mungu ni mwema. Na leo pia hatuna case mpya za COVID19.  Mgonjwa wa Kagera (Ngara) amepona. Sasa jumla ya waliopona ni 3. Mgonjwa...

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CORONA YAPUKUTISHA AJIRA

<div style="text-align: center;"> <img height="324" src="http://mtanzania.co.tz/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/idle.jpg" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">WAKATI watu zaidi ya 950,000 duniani wakielezwa kuambukizwa virusi vya corona, mamilioni wengine wamepoteza ajira ndani ya miezi mitatu.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kwa upande wa Tanzania ingawa taarifa rasmi hazijatolewa na mamlaka husika, hoteli kadhaa zimefungwa huku sekta ya utalii ikielezwa kuzorota.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Zanzibar na mikoa ya kaskazini inatajwa kuathitika zaidi, huku wenye ajira za muda wakitajwa kuwa wahanga wa janga hili.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wakati hali ikiwa hivyo nchini, Hispania wafanyakazi 898,822 wamepoteza ajira tangu Machi 12 ambazo zaidi ya nusu ni wafanyakazi wa muda.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Idadi ya watu ambao wameorodheshwa rasmi kuwa hawana ajira nchini humo, sasa wamefikia milioni 3.5 ikiwa ni idadi kubwa kuwahi kutokea tangu Aprili 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Marekani nako inaelezwa watu wasio na ajira wamefika milioni 6.65 ikiwa ni rekodi ya juu kuwahi kutokea kwenye taifa hilo lenye nguvu kubwa ya kiuchumi duniani, sababu kubwa ikielezwa ni madhara ya corona na sasa asilimia 70 ya nchi watu hawaruhusiwi kutoka nje.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hali hiyo inaelezwa kuwa mbaya zaidi kwa sababu watu wenye ajira za muda hawatanufaika na fao la kukosa ajira.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wiki chache zilizopita, rekodi ilionyesha watu milioni 3.3 walikosa ajira, ikiwa viwanda vya magari vimesimamisha uzalishaji na sekta ya anga imeporomoka.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nchini Uingereza nako Shirika la Ndege la British Airways linatarajia kupunguza wafanyakazi 36,000 kutokana na ndege nyingi kutofanya safari kwa sababu ya virusi hivyo.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kwa wiki moja sasa shirika hilo limekuwa na mazungumzo na chama cha wafanyakazi kuhusu hatua yake hiyo.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kwa maana hiyo, asilimia 80 ya wafanyakazi wa ndani ya ndege, mainjinia, wanaofanya kazi makao makuu na wale wanaohudumia ndege ikitua na wakati wa kuruka, watapoteza ajira.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">MAT WATAKA DAWA ZA MUDA MREFU KUTOLEWA<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Katika hatua nyingine, Chama cha Madaktari Tanzania (MAT) kimeomba Serikali kuweka sera ya matumizi ya muda mrefu ya dawa kwa baadhi ya magonjwa ili kupunguza mlundikano hospitalini.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Magonjwa yaliyotajwa kuweza kuwa na matumizi ya dawa hadi miezi mitatu ni kisukari, shinikizo la damu, maumivu ya mgongo na misuli.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Akizungumza na waandishi wa habari jana Dar es Salaam, Rais wa chama hicho, Dk. Elisha Osati alisema kuwa utafiti mdogo walioufanya nchi nzima unaonyesha asilimia 70 ya wagonjwa wanaofika hospitalini ni wale wa marudio.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Kwanza tunaipongeza Serikali na wadau wote ambao wanapambana na tatizo hili la corona. Lakini pia  tunaomba Serikali na wadau wengine kuwa bima ya afya  iruhusu kutoa dawa kwa wagonjwa wanaokuja kwa ajili ya marudio kwa miezi mitatu badala ya mwezi mmoja. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Kwa sababu pale wanapokuja kila mwezi kuongeza dawa, inaongeza hatari kutokana na wagonjwa kuwa wengi kliniki na uwezekano wa kuambukizwa unakuwa rahisi.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Hao wenye matatizo mengine ndio wana uwezekano wa kupata ugonjwa mkali wakati mwingine kufariki, hata  yule mgonjwa aliyefariki kwetu tunaambiwa kuwa alikuwa na matatizo mengine, kwahiyo tunaomba hili ili kuweza kupunguza hivi visa,” alieleza Dk. Osati.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Licha ya kuwataka madaktari kuchukua tahadhari zaidi, pia aliiomba Serikali na wadau wengine kuhakikisha vifaa vya kujikinga vya kuwasaidia madaktari viweze kuwepo kwa uhakika.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Tunawaomba madaktari wetu na watumishi wengine wa sekta ya afya wote waendelee kuchukua tahadhari  kwa sababu unaona mfano kama Italia madaktari kama 61 wana ugonjwa na karibu madaktari 20 wamefariki na  madaktari wanavyofariki sasa nguvu kazi inapungua, kwa hiyo ninawaomba waendelee kuchukua tahadhari. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Vifaa kama barakoa ambavyo tunatumia kujikinga mfano N95 ziwepo, lakini pia magauni ambayo tunavaa wakati tunahudumia wagonjwa wanaohisiwa au wale walithibitishwa kuwa na tatizo pia tunasisitiza madaktari wakiwa kazi muda wote wawe na mask, sanitizer na ndio maana tunaomba kuwa na uhakika wa vifaa hivyo,” alibainisha Dk. Osati.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pia aliwaomba wananchi waendelee kuchukua tahadhari za kujikunga zinazoelekezwa na wataalamu wa afya ili kuweza kuepuka virusi vya corona.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> “Tunaomba wananchi waweze kutuelewa kwa sababu tunachojaribu kupambana nacho ni kitu ambacho bado hatujakijua vizuri.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Kwahiyo tunavyowaambia kuwa mtu mmoja tu aje kumwona mgonjwa na pia tunavyowaambia wasije kliniki kama hawana tatizo wao waweze kuelewa kwa sababu maeneo ya hospitali yana hatari pia,” alisema Dk. Osati.</span></div>

CORONA YAPUKUTISHA AJIRA

WAKATI watu zaidi ya 950,000 duniani wakielezwa kuambukizwa virusi vya corona, mamilioni wengine wamepoteza ajira ndani ya miezi mita...

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RAIS PUTIN WA URUSI AAMURU WATU WA NCHI HIYO KUTOKWENDA KAZINI NA KUBAKI MAJUMBANI KUKABILIANA NA CORONA

<div style="text-align: center;"> <img height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HTI1PWcooe8/XocGyl9M-NI/AAAAAAAC2X4/dFUNeNGboaIR8lkWZ7xkdLrys8DpvZSVQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/1.jpg" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rais wa Urusi Vladimir Putin ameamuru raia wa nchi hiyo kutokwenda kazini na kusalia nyumbani hadi mwishoni mwa mwezi Aprili kama sehemu ya juhudi za kuzuia kusambaa kwa virusi hatari vya corona.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Akilihutubia taifa kwa njia ya televisheni, Putin amesema anarefusha sera ya kutofanya kazi kwa muda wa wiki tatu zaidi na wafanyakazi wote wanapaswa kulipwa mishahara ndani ya kipindi hicho.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Putin amesema baadhi ya viwanda vinavyozalisha bidhaa muhimu vitaendelea kufanya kazi na maduka ya vyakula na dawa yanaruhusiwa kufunguliwa.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kiongozi huyo ameongeza kuwa mkakati wa Urusi wa kudhibiti kusambaa kwa virusi vya corona umefanikiwa lakini ameonya kuwa idadi ya watu walio na maambukizi ya virusi hivyo itaendelea kuongezeka.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hadi kufikia Alhamisi Urusi imerikodi visa 3,548 vya wagonjwa wa COVID-19 pamoja na vifo vya watu 30</span></div>

RAIS PUTIN WA URUSI AAMURU WATU WA NCHI HIYO KUTOKWENDA KAZINI NA KUBAKI MAJUMBANI KUKABILIANA NA CORONA

Rais wa Urusi Vladimir Putin ameamuru raia wa nchi hiyo kutokwenda kazini na kusalia nyumbani hadi mwishoni mwa mwezi Aprili kama sehem...

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MORE THAN 300 SAMPLES TEST NEGATIVE IN UGANDA

<div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: #f8f8f8;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A Thursday night statement revealed that the latest case was of a 22-year-old Ugandan female, resident of Nkokonjeru in Wakiso district.</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: #f8f8f8;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A4_aIbbcBH8/XocHjrba9QI/AAAAAAAACXA/lTD7kf8psFsHJk6AzLEov1rvxjb0_XpKgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/uganda1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="418" data-original-width="697" height="382" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A4_aIbbcBH8/XocHjrba9QI/AAAAAAAACXA/lTD7kf8psFsHJk6AzLEov1rvxjb0_XpKgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/uganda1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: #f8f8f8; font-style: italic; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Health Minister Dr Jane Ruth Aceng addressing the country earlier yesterday</span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: #f8f8f8; font-style: italic; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">KAMPALA - <span style="outline: 0px;">A total of 301 samples tested negative for COVID-19 in Uganda on Thursday night, with only one emerging positive.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was announced by country’s health ministry, which put the total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak to 45.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A Thursday night statement revealed that the latest case was of a 22-year-old Ugandan female, resident of Nkokonjeru in Wakiso district.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She is a wife of a previously confirmed case who arrived from Dubai in UEA on March 20.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“She did not have any signs and symptoms consistent with COVID-19,” the ministry said.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“A total of 1,026 individuals are under follow up in the institutional quarantine. A total of 962 contacts to the confirmed cases are under follow up,” the ministry said.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The ministry also said all the previously confirmed 44 cases were in stable condition at Mulago Specialised Hospital, Entebbe Grade B Hospital, Adjumani and Hoima hospitals.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Uganda has not registered any COVID-19 related death,” the ministry said.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“The ministry continues to appeal to the general population to remain calm but vigilant and practise the preventive measures.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wash your hands with  soap and water or use an alcohol-based hand rub at least three times a day, maintain a social distance of at least four meters and if you have flu-like symptoms, cover your nose and mouth with a mask,” the ministry advised.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Uganda has since banned both public and private transport, with only service vehicles being allowed to move.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The country also banned travel to and out of the East African nation.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shopping malls and arcades remain closed while markets are only open for food items. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Supermarkets, food stores, pharmacies and agricultural shops also remain open. Saloons, lodges and garages were closed for 14 days.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Uganda has started implementing a nationwide curfew that starts at 7:00pm and ends at 6:30am.</span></div>

MORE THAN 300 SAMPLES TEST NEGATIVE IN UGANDA

A Thursday night statement revealed that the latest case was of a 22-year-old Ugandan female, resident of Nkokonjeru in Wakiso district. ...

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COVID-19: GLOBAL VIRUS CASES TOP A MILLION

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="402" data-original-width="603" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8UFrB1JPCC8/XocFEjVsKkI/AAAAAAAACWU/PF5uDWRhbekZjExQ7p-ahP5Bw05IkHz_ACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/test1.jpg" width="640" /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>A transit police officer checks the temperature of a truck driver as a preventive measure against the new coronavirus, during a partial curfew ordered by the government in Villa Nueva, Guatemala, on April 2, 2020.</i></span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The number of confirmed coronavirus cases around the world soared past one million on Thursday and deaths topped 50,000 as Europe reeled from the pandemic and the United States reported the highest daily death toll so far of any country.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Despite more than half the planet imposing some form of lockdown, the virus claimed thousands more lives, with the US, Spain and Britain seeing the highest number of daily fatalities yet.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>WREAK HAVOK</strong><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And it continued to wreak havoc on the global economy, with the US announcing a record 6.65 million workers filed for unemployment benefits last week and Spain reporting its biggest monthly increase in jobless claims ever.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">COVID-19 is currently spreading the most rapidly in the United States, where there have been 243,453 infections and 5,926 deaths, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The US saw 1,169 deaths in 24 hours, the highest one-day toll recorded in any country since the global pandemic began. The grim record was previously held by Italy, where 969 people died on March 27.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The pandemic disrupted the US election calendar as the Democratic Party announced it was postponing its convention to choose a November opponent for President Donald Trump from July 13-16 to August 17.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>UNEMPLOYMENT</strong><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Trump described the US unemployment figures as "terrible" but predicted rosily that "when this is over... we're going to have boom times."<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The US president also said he had taken a second virus test and the result came back negative.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Around 85 per cent of Americans are under some form of stay-at-home order, but there have been warnings of a potentially staggering US death toll, and disaster response agency FEMA asked the American military for 100,000 body bags on Thursday.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In New York, the epicentre of the US outbreak, Mayor Bill de Blasio urged residents to cover their faces when outside and Vice President Mike Pence said there would be a recommendation on the use of masks by the general public in the next few days.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also in the US, a virus-hit cruise ship, the Zaandam, which has dozens of ill passengers and crew on board, was finally allowed to dock in Florida after being stranded at sea for weeks.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since emerging in China in December, Covid-19 has infected at least 1,013,157 people -- including over half a million in Europe -- and claimed 52,983 lives, according Johns Hopkins University.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Italy, the hardest-hit country in terms of deaths, has 115,242 reported cases and 13,915 deaths while Spain has 110,238 cases and 10,003 fatalities.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The number of actual infections is believed to be higher since many countries are only testing severe cases or patients requiring hospitalisation.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>CRISIS</strong><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Europe has been at the centre of the crisis for weeks, but there have been signs that the epidemic could be approaching its peak there.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Spain and Britain saw record numbers of new deaths in the past 24 hours -- 950 and 569 respectively.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">France recorded 471 hospital deaths, down from the previous day, but also announced a new figure of 884 deaths in old people's homes since the epidemic began.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Italy registered 760 new deaths, with its numbers continuing to fall, and Spain said the rate of new infections continued a downward trend.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"The data show the curve has stabilised" and the epidemic has entered a "slowdown" phase, Spanish Health Minister Salvador Illa said.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The virus has chiefly affected the elderly and those with pre-existing medical conditions, but recent cases have highlighted it can kill people of all ages.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson vowed to "massively increase testing" as his health minister said the aim was 100,000 tests a day within weeks.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>SELF-ISOLATION</strong><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Johnson, speaking from self-isolation, has come in for criticism of his government's failure to provide widespread screening, particularly for frontline health workers.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In Russia, President Vladimir Putin extended paid non-working days until the end of April as the number of confirmed cases jumped by more than a quarter on Thursday to 3,548 with 30 deaths.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Most of the Russian population is on lockdown, with Moscow in particular facing tough isolation rules.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thailand became the latest country to impose strict lockdown measures with the introduction of a curfew from Friday, pushing the number of people in confinement to 3.9 billion, or half the world's population.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The virus and the measures taken to contain it have raised fears of the worst global economic downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The US Labor Department said the 6.65 million workers who filed for unemployment benefits last week was double the number the previous week, and the most ever recorded.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Economists warned US job losses could surge to a previously unimaginable 10 to 20 million in April.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>CONSUMER SPENDING</strong><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Financial ratings agency Fitch on Thursday predicted that the US and eurozone economies would contract this quarter by up to 30 per cent on an annualised basis, as struggling businesses slash investment and widespread unemployment dampens consumer spending.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">World leaders have announced huge financial aid packages to deal with the crisis and the World Bank on Thursday approved a plan to roll out $160 billion in emergency aid over 15 months.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the sports front, the British government said English Premier League footballers should take a pay cut, amid outrage at top-flight clubs using a furlough scheme for non-playing staff.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Health Secretary Matt Hancock said everyone needed to play a part in the fight against coronavirus. "That means Premier League footballers too," he said.</span></div>

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EX-WORLD MARATHON RECORD HOLDER ARRESTED

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IHPMWtjmBM4/XocDVwtrC8I/AAAAAAAACV4/t3av_z083hIgmAOjIAnYpBtPU4kIM4VGQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/kipsang_pix1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="604" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IHPMWtjmBM4/XocDVwtrC8I/AAAAAAAACV4/t3av_z083hIgmAOjIAnYpBtPU4kIM4VGQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/kipsang_pix1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Kenya's Wilson Kipsang shows his target time of 2:02:50 during a press conference ahead of the Tokyo Marathon in Tokyo on February 23, 2018.</i></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Former World Marathon Record holder, Wilson Kipsang, was on Thursday night arrested with 20 others while drinking inside a pub in Iten in violation of the 7pm-5am curfew imposed by the government a week ago in a bid to slow down the spread of the coronavirus.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">According to Elgeyo-Marawaket county police commander John Mwinzi, Kipsang was with Kapchemutwa MCA Ambrose Kiplagat alias 'Roho Juu' and 20 other people, who were all arrested at 8 pm after the officers found them in the popular club in Iten drinking past 7pm.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In addition to the curfew, the government has also already closed all the bars and nightclubs although some patrons have been colluding with owners who allow them to lock themselves inside and drink.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"The suspects had locked themselves up in the establishment and were having drinks beyond the 7 o'clock set curfew time. Police had to force themselves in before arresting them," said Mr Mwinzi.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He added that the police were following a tip from members of the public, who got wind of people locked up in the club, while drinking and talking loudly.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The duo together with other suspects were all bundled in a waiting police land rover and taken to Iten police station.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kipsang is currently suspended for violating doping rules.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"It's unfortunate that police, instead of arresting ordinary offenders are forced to go for people of respected stature in the society who engage in mischief despite knowing well what they are supposed to do. Those are people who should be assisting us enforce this simple rule but ironically are in the first line of offenders,” said the police commander.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #5d5d5d; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He warned members of the public of serious repercussions should anyone take advantage of the fact that they are not using any force in implementing the no moving out beyond curfew.</span></div>

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COVID-19: KAGWE WARNS KENYANS AS CASES RISE

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c5f9WaZPn8U/XocCA-WJC9I/AAAAAAAACVs/zKpTKh6YxZ00kOcxK73oew3w5Fqp52-6QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/KAGPIC1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="401" data-original-width="602" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c5f9WaZPn8U/XocCA-WJC9I/AAAAAAAACVs/zKpTKh6YxZ00kOcxK73oew3w5Fqp52-6QCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/KAGPIC1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe updating the country on the Covid-19 disease, at Afya House on April 2, 2020.</i></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Defiance, a carefree attitude and dicing with death are slowly taking the coronavirus to the doorsteps of Kenyans with one result — infections, a spread of the virus and ultimately deaths.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has repeatedly shouted himself hoarse on the looming danger and how to avoid it.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, only a few seem to be taking the warning and advice seriously. We now have three deaths and 110 positive cases.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And “the number will grow exponentially”, Mr Kagwe, for the umpteenth time, warned Thursday.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Don’t wait to hear someone you know has died; that someone could be you,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But a survey by the <em>Nation</em> on Thursday showed a majority are not listening. Boda-boda riders are still ferrying more than two passengers with no protective gear.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Traders are interacting with customers oblivious of the possibility of infection while matatu crews always try to get that extra passenger on board.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>STIFFER MEASURES</strong><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kenyans’ defiance of mandates and scientific advice to fight the coronavirus pandemic has led the government to panic, a move that is likely to elicit more stringent measures such as enhancing the current curfew or imposing a total lockdown.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mr Kagwe could not hide his disappointment with Kenyans who have simply refused to follow rules to contain the virus despite what is happening in the rest of the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The number of confirmed cases in the country went up by 29 on Thursday, taking the total from 81 to 110.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Two more deaths were also recorded, bringing to three the number of people who have lost the battle against Covid-19.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The CS said that from the trend, the government is considering stiffer measures.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Fellow Kenyans, I do not want to scare you, but with the figures I have just read to you, the number is likely to rise. It’s important to note that this virus does not move by itself. It is moved by you and I. We must change our behaviour and attitude if we have to cut the transmission of the virus.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“But as of now, I urge you to take extreme precautionary measures wherever you are, by observing the highest standard of hygiene, social distancing, as well as any other measures the government has announced to you,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>SELF-QUARANTINE</strong><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">His remarks come just days after Health Director-General Patrick Amoth said the virus is not following a trend and is likely to infect thousands this month.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“We postulate that we could have 1,000 cases by the first week of April, 5,000 by mid-April and 10,000 by end of April,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The government will inevitably announce more numbers in the coming days since half of those in mandatory quarantine after arriving in Kenya are yet to be tested.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So far, out of the 2,050 travellers who arrived in the country and were put in various quarantine facilities, the government has tested 1,042.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Out of this number, a total of 40 have been confirmed to be positive.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dr Amoth has also said that we are currently in the community transmission phase with close to 50 of the confirmed cases coming from people who had neither travelled nor come directly into contact with a confirmed patient.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“We have pockets of clusters of community transmission 30 to 40 with no history of travel and no history of interacting with a confirmed case,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>PROTECTIVE KITS</strong><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At Thursday’s briefing, the CS revealed a new measure to curb coronavirus spread.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He announced that all public transport users will be required to wear face masks on board. Mr Kagwe said plans are underway to distribute face masks in the counties at a fair price.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Public service vehicle operators and boda-bodas shall be required to ensure that all their passengers and everybody they carry put on masks to help avert further spread of this disease.”<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The minister also declared that the government has identified several players who will produce and distribute the masks countrywide.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“With the assistance of chiefs and bodaboda operators, the masks shall be made available to the public,” the CS said.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mr Kagwe further noted that there will be no travelling upcountry to curb the spread of Covid-19.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Those planning to travel for the Easter holidays, please don’t. Even when you are in Nairobi, unless there is something that you are doing, stay at home. It is important for us to start training ourselves to do so,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>LEARN FROM ITALY</strong><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dr Allan Pamba, a public health specialist and the current Nairobi Hospital chief executive Officer, said that Kenyans simply need to follow the government directive to flatten the curve.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He explained that the virus has an incubation period of no less than five days, which starts from the time a person gets infected to the time they show symptoms.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He said that people ignore the measures during this period, go on with life as usual and end up infecting a large number of the population.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some countries like Italy have gone into lockdown after realising that the population is not complying.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dr Pamba said that the tragedy of Italy now stands as a warning to Kenya and the rest of the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kenya reported its first case on March 13. Since then, three patients have died, while four others have fully recovered from the killer disease.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The new recovery is that of Deputy Governor Gideon Saburi, two weeks after he was forcefully placed in quarantine.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A 66-year-old Kenyan was the first person in the country to die of the coronavirus. Mr Kagwe said the two people who died were from Nairobi and Mombasa.</span></div>

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SERIKALI YATAKIWA KUTOWAONEA AIBU WANAOLETA MZAHA JUU YA UGONJWA WA CORONA

<div style="text-align: center;"> <img height="313" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WixSbzc7muo/XobuoPU3yQI/AAAAAAAC2Xw/Wj8WWbSegTU-kpz4nRxpgUesVXQsIPf6QCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/1.jpg" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Viongozi  wa Dini  Mkoani Tabora wameiomba Serikali kutowaone aibu wale wote wanaoleta mzaha na wanaotafuta umaarufu kupitia janga la ugonjwa wa homa  kali ya mapafu unaoeneza na kirusi kipya aina ya Corona Covid-19.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kauli hiyo imetolewa wakati wa maombi na dua maalumu Viongozi wa Dini na Serikali ya Mkoa wa Tabora kwa ajili ya kuuweka Mkoa wa Tabora ,Taifa na Dunia nzima mikononi mwa Mungu ili awakinge na janga la ugonjwa wa Corona.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mchungaji wa Kanisa la Agape Miracle Centre Elias Mbagata alisema bado kuna kuna mizaa inaendelea juu ya janga hili hivyo ameiomba serikali isiwaonee haya wanoendekeza hayo hata kama ni viongozi wakubwa wakiwemo wa Dini.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alisema kinachotakiwa kufanywa kwa sasa ni kuwajengea matumaini wananchi badala ya kuwajaza hofu ambayo itawasababisha wachanganyikiwe.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Askofu wa wa Kanisa la Anglikana Dayosisi ya Tabora, Dk Elias Chakupewa alisema wameshachukua hatua mbalimbali za kuwaelimisha waumini wao kufuata taratibu zote zinazotakiwa ikiwemo maelekezo ya wataalamu na viongozi wa Serikali namna sahihi ya kujikinga na janga la Covid -19.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Askofu Mkuu wa Jimbo kuu la Tabora Mhashamu Paul Ruzoka aliwaomba waumini kuungana na serikali katika kupigana vita hii iliyo mbele yao kwa kuhakikisha wanatekeleza maelekezo yanayotolewa na viongozi pamoja na wataalam wa afya.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alisema Kanisa hilo limesitisha kwa muda baadhi ya taratibu za uendesha wa Ibada ikiwa ni seehemu ya mikakati ya kuungana na Serikali katika mapambano dhidi ya Covid -19.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kwa upande wa Sheikh Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Tabora Ibrahim Mavumbi aliwashauri viongozi wa Dini kuendelea kushirikiana na serikali na kufuata maelekezo ya wataalamu katika kuhakikisha wananchi na waumini wao wanapata maelekezo sahihi kwa ajili ya kudhibiti ugonjwa huo hatari.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Askofu wa Kanisa la Morovian Tanzania Magharibi Ezekiel Yona alisema wao kwa kutambua ukubwa wa tatizo wametoa jingo katika Hospitali yao ya Sikonge kwa ajili ya kutoa huduma kwa wagonjwa wa Covid -19 kama kwa bahati mbaya wataonekana.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Askofu wa Kanisa la Kiinjili la Kilutheri (KKKT) Dayosisi ya Magharibi Kati, Askofu Isaac Laizer alimpongeza Rais Dokta John Pombe Magufuli kwa  kwa kuthubutu kuitangazia dunia kwamba janga la ugonjwa wa Corona litamalizika kwa wananchi watakapokubali kumuomba Mungu.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alisema wao wanaungana na Serikali kwa kusimamisha baadhi ya huduma ikiwemo ya mafunzo kwa watoto wadogo (Sunday school) na kualika wataalamu kutoa elimu ya kujikinga na Corona.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Viongozi hao wamadhehebu ya dini wamesema kwamba pamoja na serikali kuchukua taadhali inabidi wananchi kumlilia Mungu ili awasamehe dhambi na kuwaepusha na janga hilo.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kwa upande wa Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Tabora Aggrey Mwanri aliwashukuru viongozi hao wa kiroho kwa ushirikiano wanaotoa kwa Serikali na kuwaomba wasaidie kufikisha elimu kwa waumini wao ili isaidie kuuepusha Mkoa huo na janga la Covid 19.</span></div>

SERIKALI YATAKIWA KUTOWAONEA AIBU WANAOLETA MZAHA JUU YA UGONJWA WA CORONA

Viongozi  wa Dini  Mkoani Tabora wameiomba Serikali kutowaone aibu wale wote wanaoleta mzaha na wanaotafuta umaarufu kupitia janga la u...

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WATU 1,169 WAFARIKI KWA CORONA NCHINI MAREKANI NDANI YA MASAA 24, MAAMBUKIZI DUNIANI SASA YAFIKA MILIONI 1

<div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="Coronavirus could be Donald Trump's Katrina moment | Trump | Al ..." height="360" src="https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2020/3/13/7f6d7911718e451990b77f57ff9a7c32_18.jpg" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ugonjwa wa Covid-19 unaendelea kuathiri nchi mbalimbali duniani, huku maambukizi ya ugonjwa huo duniani yakifikia milioni moja, huku watu wakiendelea kufariki dunia kutokana na ugonjwa huo.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wakati huo huo Marekani inaendelea kuripoti visa vingi vya maambukizi ya virusi vya Corona, ambapo vifo vya watu 1,169 vimeripotiwa ndani ya masaa 24.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Uchumi umeangamizwa na janga hilo, kama inavyoonyesha takwimu nyingine ambayo inatisha: katika wiki moja, Wamarekani milioni 6.6 wamepoteza kazi. Nusu ya watu duniani wamekwama kutokana na hatua ya kukaa nyumbani ambayo kwa baadhi ya nchi imekuwa kali.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Idadi ya visa vya maambukizi vilivyothibitishwa ulimwenguni inazidi milioni moja leo Ijumaa, huku watu 52,000 wamefariki dunia kwa ugonjwa wa Covid-19, kulingana na takwimu zilizotolewa na shirika la habari la AFP.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ulaya ndio bara lililoathiriwa zaidi, lakini Marekani inaelekea kuwa kitovu kipya cha janga hilo, ikiripoti robo ya visa vya maambukizi. Idadi hii labda ni ndogo, kwa sababu ya ukosefu wa uchunguzi wa kutosha.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nchini Marekani, idadi ya vifo katika masaa 24 imeiweka nchi hiyo kuwa na rekodi kubwa zaidi: vifo 1,169, kulingana na ripoti ya Chuo Kikuu cha Marekani cha Johns Hopkins.</span></div>

WATU 1,169 WAFARIKI KWA CORONA NCHINI MAREKANI NDANI YA MASAA 24, MAAMBUKIZI DUNIANI SASA YAFIKA MILIONI 1

Ugonjwa wa Covid-19 unaendelea kuathiri nchi mbalimbali duniani, huku maambukizi ya ugonjwa huo duniani yakifikia milioni moja, huku wa...

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MAHAKAMA YATAIFISHA SH 16.7 BILIONI KUWA MALI YA SERIKALI YA TANZANIA

<div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="Tanzanian Shilling Bills Stacked Background. Computer Generated ..." height="399" src="https://previews.123rf.com/images/ppart/ppart1601/ppart160100598/51696057-tanzanian-shilling-bills-stacked-background-computer-generated-3d-photo-rendering-.jpg" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mahakama Kuu kitengo cha ufisadi imetaifisha Sh16.7 bilioni na kuwa mali ya Serikali leo Ijumaa Aprili 3, 2020.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Fedha hizo zilikuwa za washtakiwa watatu waliokuwa wakiendesha biashara ya upatu, kutakatisha fedha na kula njama katika kesi ya uhujumu uchumi iliyokuwa inawakabili.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Washtakiwa hao ni raia wa Ujerumani, Manon Huebenthal; Frank Rickets ambaye ni raia Uingereza na kampuni ya IMS Marketing Tanzania Ltd.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Uamuzi huo umetolewa na Jaji Elinaza Luvanda wa mahakama hiyo baada ya mkurugenzi wa mashtaka Tanzania, Biswalo Mganga kuwasilisha maombi mahakamani hapo akitaka kiasi hicho cha fedha kitaifishwe na kuwa mali ya Serikali.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mganga alichukua uamuzi huo kwa sababu tangu washtakiwa hao wafunguliwe kesi katika mahakama ya hakimu mkazi Kisutu hawajawahi kutokea mahakamani</span></div>

MAHAKAMA YATAIFISHA SH 16.7 BILIONI KUWA MALI YA SERIKALI YA TANZANIA

Mahakama Kuu kitengo cha ufisadi imetaifisha Sh16.7 bilioni na kuwa mali ya Serikali leo Ijumaa Aprili 3, 2020. Fedha hizo zili...

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JUHUDI ZA WANASAYANSI KUSAKA DAWA, CHANJO YA COVID 19

<div style="text-align: center;"> <img height="433" src="https://www.mwananchi.co.tz/image/view/-/5512824/highRes/2593328/-/maxw/600/-/k9uw94/-/covidpic.jpg" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Wakati maambukizi ya virusi vya corona vinavyosababisha ugonjwa wa Covid-19 yakiendelea kuongezeka duniani, wanasayansi wanaendelea kukuna vichwa kusaka chanjo na dawa ya ugonjwa huo.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Mpaka jana jumla ya watu 876,348 waliripotiwa kupata maambukizi ya virusi hivyo, huku watu 43,521 wakifariki dunia.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Chanjo ni njia pekee ya kuwalinda watu dhidi ya maambukizi, lakini kwa waliopata maambukizi wanahitaji tiba. Sasa watu waliopata ugonjwa huo hupatiwa tiba kulingana na dalili walizonazo. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Mfano kama mgonjwa ana dalili na homa, hupatiwa dawa za kutibu dalili hiyo. Hata hivyo, Marekani juzi iliruhusu dawa ya chloroquine kutumika kama sehemu ya tiba ya covid 19 ikieleza hatua hiyo imefikiwa baada ya utafiti kuonyesha kuwa zina uwezo wa kutibu ugonjwa huo.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Pamoja na hayo, Mamlaka ya chakula na dawa ya Marekani (FDA) imeonya kuwa matumizi ya kupindukia ya dawa hizo yanaweza kusababisha madhara. Pia watalaamu wa afya hawajaruhusu vidonge hivyo kutumika kutibu covid 19.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Kampuni ya dawa ya mjini Tubongem iitwayo Curevac ya Ujerumani hivi karibuni ilitoa matumaini kuwa chanjo ya virusi vya corona inaweza kupatikana baadaye mwaka huu ikiwa kila mpango utakwenda kama ulivyopangwa. Mjumbe wa bodi ya kampuni hiyo, mkemia Friedrich von Bohlen alinukuliwa na mtandao wa DW akisema mbali na kampuni hiyo kuweka nguvu kutafuta chanjo, pia inafanya utafiti wa tiba dhidi ya ugonjwa huo.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Katikati ya mwezi uliopita, Marekani ilianza kufanya jaribio la chanjo ya kinga dhidi ya virusi hivyo na watu wanne walijitokeza kudungwa sindano ya virusi hivyo katika kituo cha utafiti Kaiser Permanente mjini Seattle, Washington, Marekani.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Wataalamu walisema chanjo hiyo haiwezi kusababisha Covid 19, lakini ina jeni ya virusi vinavyoweza kusababisha ugonjwa huo.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Nako China, mkurugenzi wa kituo cha utafiti wa bioteknoojia, Zhang Xinmin alisema utafiti uliofanywa juu ya dawa iliyotengenezwa Japan kwa ajili ya kutibu mafua, umeonyesha dawa hiyo inaweza kuharakisha mgonjwa wa Covid 19 kupata nafuu.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Dawa hiyo inayoitwa Faviprapir, pia hujulikana kama Avigan au Favilavir ilitumika kwa kundi fulani la wagonjwa.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Kituo hicho kilieleza muda wa kupata nafuu ulipungua kutoka siku 11 hadi siku 4 kwa wagonjwa waliotumia tiba ya dawa hiyo, huku asilimia 91 ya wagonjwa walionyesha kuboreka katika afya ya mapafu.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Katika hilo, Shirika la afya duniani (WHO) lilisema ugunduzi huo ni kitu muhimu katika kufikia tiba ya ugonjwa wa Covid 19.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Hata hivyo, lilisema inaweza kuchukua miezi 18 kabla ya chanjo dhidi ya virusi vya corona kutolewa kwa umma. Kwanini muda mrefu? WHO imesema kuna mambo kadhaa yanatakiwa kuzingatiwa kabla ya majaribio ambayo wanasayansi wanatakiwa kutambua na kufanyia utafiti.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Mkurugenzi wa WHO, Dk Tedros Ghebreyesus alipongeza watafiti wote duniani ambao wamekuwa pamoja, ili kutathimini majaribio ya tiba.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “Majaribio madogomadogo ya njia mbalimbali yanaweza yasitupe ushahidi wa kutosha, tunahitaji tiba yoyote ambayo itatusaidia kuokoa maisha,” alisema.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Alisema shirika hilo na washirika wake wanaandaa utafiti katika nchi nyingi, ili kukusanya takwimu zinazohitajika kuonyesha matibabu yapi yanafaya kazi zaidi.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Mkurugenzi huyo alisema nchi kadhaa zimethibitisha kushiriki utafiti huo wa ‘mshikamano wa majaribio’ zikiwemo Argentina, Bahrain, Canada, Ufaransa, Iran, Norway, Afrika Kusini, Hispania, Uswisi na Thailand na anaamini nchi nyingine nyingi zitajiunga.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Ili kuanzisha utafiti huo, jopo la wataalamu wa shirika hilo lilichagua tiba nne ambazo wanazithamini zinaweza kukabiliana na virusi vya corona.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Tiba hizo zina dawa mchanganyiko ambazo zimetumika kutibu Ebola, malaria na zile za kufubaza virusi vya Ukimwi.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Wataalamu hao walisema tiba hizo zitatumika bila mpangilio, madaktari watachunguza jinsi wagonjwa wanavyoendelea, ikiwemo siku watakazoondoka hospitalini au iwapo atashindwa kupona.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Tiba ya kwanza ni dawa ya Remdesivir ambayo licha ya kutengenezwa kutibu Ebola, inaonekana kuwa na uwezo dhidi ya virusi vya corona. Stephen Morse, mkurugenzi wa mpango wa magonjwa ya kuambukiza katika Chuo Kikuu cha Columbia (EE) alilimbia BBC kuwa “kati ya dawa zilizojumuishwa katika mradi wa Solidarity, remdesivir inaonekana kuwa na uwezo mkubwa wa kukabiliana na virusi vya corona katika vipimo vya maabara.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Dawa nyingine ni chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine ambazo kwa miaka mingi zilitumika kutibu malaria kabla ya vimelea vinavyosababisha ugonjwa huo havijatengeneza usugu dhidi ya dawa hiyo.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Tiba nyingine ni dawa ya Ritonavir na lopinavir ambazo zimetumika kwa matibabu ya kufubaza virusi vya Ukimwi, ingawa inaelezwa kuwa mchanganyiko huo haujaonyesha matokeo mazuri dhidi ya kupambana na virusi vya corona.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Tiba ya mwisho inayofanyiwa utafiti ni mchanganyiko wa ritonavir na lopinavir pamoja na interferon-beta, molekyuli ambayo husaidia kudhibiti uchochezi na imeonekana kuwa bora kwa wanyama walioambukizwa ugonjwa wa Mers.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Pamoja na hatua hizo, kwa mujibu wa WHO, wanasayansi kutoka maeneo mbalimbali duniani wanafanya kazi ya kutengeneza chanjo takribani 20 za virusi hivyo.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Dk George Rutherford, Profesa wa takwimu za kibaiolojia katika Chuo Kikuu cha Carlifonia, Marekani alinukuliwa na BBC akisema utafiti kama huo unaweza kusajili wagonjwa kwa haraka.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “Mfano nikifanyia majaribio haya katika maabara yangu, ningekuwa na wagonjwa wawili au watatu kwa siku, lakini kutokana na ushirikiano wa vituo kadhaa unaweza kuwa na wagonjwa 100 kwa siku,” alisema.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Profesa Rutherford alisema iwapo hakuna matatizo ya kimpango, utafiti kama huo unaweza kutoa matokeo katika kipindi cha mwezi mmoja.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Wakati wanasayansi wakiendelea na harakati za kusaka chanjo na dawa, waziri wa mambo ya nje wa Ujerumani alisema haki ya kutafiti kinga ya virusi hiyo haiuzwi baada ya Rais wa Marekani, Donald Trump kutaka nchi hiyo inunue haki peke kwa dawa inayoweza kuwa kinga iliyotengenezwa na kampuni ya Ujerumani.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “Watafiti wa Ujerumani wanachukua nafasi kubwa katika utengenezaji wa dawa na kinga na hatuwezi kuruhusu wengine kuomba haki peke za matokeo yake,” Heiko Maas aliiambia Funke.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Awali gazeti la Die Welt liliripoti awali kuwa Trump aliahidi dau la “mabilioni ya dola” ili Marekani ipatiwe haki hizo za kutafiti kinga na kampuni ya CureVac inayojihusisha na teknolojia ya virusi.</div>

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VIDEO: ALIYEKIMBIA KITUO CHA UANGALIZI MAAMBUKIZI YA CORONA DAR AKAMATWA IRINGA

<div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="370" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_UlyzGCxEc8" width="650"></iframe></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jeshi la Polisi Mkoa wa Iringa limemkamata mtu mmoja kwa madai ya kutoroka katika karantini jijini Dar es Salaam siku tatu tangu awasili Tanzania akitokea nchini Norway.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Akizungumzia taarifa za mtu huyo, mkuu wa Wilaya ya Iringa, Richard Kasesela amesema alipata taarifa za kutoroka kwake kutoka kwa mkuu wa wilaya ya Kinondoni jijini Dar es Salaam, Daniel Chongolo na kuamua kumfuatilia.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Nilipigiwa simu na Chongolo kwamba kuna mtu mmoja ametoroka na anaonekana yuko Iringa na tulichofanya tuliwasiliana na polisi, na kujua nyumba anayokaa na nikaongea na mganga mkuu wa hospitali yetu, ametoa wataalamu tumekuja tumemchukua na tumemuweka karantini.”<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Mtu huyu inasemekana alitoka Norway na ameingia Tanzania ana siku nne, alikaa karantini siku tatu akatoroka,” amesema Kasesela.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mkuu huyo wa wilaya amesema umakini unatakiwa kuwa mkubwa katika baadhi ya maeneo yenye karantini ili waliowekwa kwa ajili ya uangalizi wasiweze kutoroka.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Kuna dalili sio nzuri hawa watu wanaachiwa achiwa huko katika karantini zetu, tuwe makini. Kuna mmoja alitoroka Tunduma na mpaka sasa hatujui yuko wapi.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mtu kukaa karantini si kwa nia mbaya ni nia njema kabisa.” “Nyumba hii tumeiweka katika karantini na mganga mkuu atasimamia na kuwacheki wote wanaoishi katika eneo hili,” amesisitiza Kasesela.</span></div>

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<div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="How coronavirus disrupted life in Southern Highlands regions" height="320" src="https://www.ippmedia.com/sites/default/files/styles/image660/public/articles/2020/04/02/chalamila%20ed.JPG?itok=emyZxswP&timestamp=1585805999" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Mbeya, Albert Chalamila ameliagiza Jeshi la Polisi kitengo cha Usalama Barabarani kuwakamata madereva wa magari na pikipiki za magurudumu matatu, maarufu kwa jina la Bajaji ambao hawatakuwa wameweka vitakasa mikono kwenye vyombo vyao vya usafiri.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Aidha Mkuu huyo wa Mkoa amesema watu wanaowekwa karantini mkoani Mbeya sio wagonjwa wa corona bali ni wageni ambao wameingia nchini wakitokea nchi zenye mlipuko wa ugonjwa wa corona na wanatengwa ili kufanyiwa uchunguzi kwa muda wa siku 14 kwa lengo la kujiridhisha kuwa hawana maambukizi ya virusi hivyo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="348" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0JeRtZEsBw8" width="650"></iframe></div>

VIDEO: “KAMATA MADEREVA WOTE WASIO NA VITAKASA MIKONO” RC MBEYA

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WIZARA YA AFYA YAJIBU MASWALI YA WANANCHI JUU YA CORONA

<div style="text-align: center;"> <img height="387" src="https://millardayo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/w1240-p16x9-ummy-mwalimu-minister-health-tanzania-660x400.jpg" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background: white;">Waziri wa Afya, Ummy Mwalimu amesema kuwa kutokana na uwepo wa maswali mengi ya wananchi kuhusu ugonjwa unaosababishwa na Virusi vya Corona, Wizara ipo tayari kuyajibu ambapo maswali yatakuwa yanajibiwa na Mkurugenzi wa Maabara ya Taifa ya Afya ya Jamii, Dkt. Nyambura Muremi.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background: white;">Taarifa hiyo imetolewa ambapo Waziri Ummy ameyataja baadhi ya maswali ambayo yamekuwa yakiulizwa, likiwemo lile la nani anakidhi vigezo vya kupimwa COVID-19, ambapo swali hilo limejibiwa na Dkt Muremi.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <strong><span style="background: white; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-weight: normal; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Anayepaswa kupimwa ugonjwa wa COVID-19 ni yule aliyetimiza vigezo kama vile mtu kuwa na dalili za ugonjwa huo, kama mtu amepata kirusi, ataanza kuonyesha dalili kama vile kupata homa, hapa ndio tutanza kuchukua kipimo na huu ndio uthibitisho wa kisayansi,” Dkt Muremi.<o:p></o:p></span></span></strong></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background: white;">Akizungumzia taratibu za kupima ugonjwa huo kwa ngazi ya Mkoa Dkt Muremi amesema, </span><strong><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-weight: normal; padding: 0in;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">“Baada ya kupima huko mikoani wanaleta sampuli Maabara ya Taifa ya Afya ya Jamii  ambayo ina vigezo vitatu vinavyotambulika Kimataifa ambavyo ni usalama wa kibailojia ngazi ya tatu (BSL-3).</span></span></strong><strong><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Waziri Ummy amesema maswali, maoni na ushauri huo, unatoka kwa wananchi kupitia vyombo vya habari, mitandao ya kijamii na kituo cha Wizara cha kupokea simu kuhusu ugonjwa wa homa inayosababishwa na Virusi vya Corona.</span></span></div>

WIZARA YA AFYA YAJIBU MASWALI YA WANANCHI JUU YA CORONA

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