BOISE, Idaho â Parents cheered Saturday, March 6, on the steps of the Idaho Capitol building as children threw handfuls of surgical masks into a fire. Far-right groups and some lawmakers held similar demonstrations in more than 20 Idaho towns, seizing on growing impatience with COVID-19 restrictions.
âHey fire, you hungry?â asked one boy as adults watched him toss face coverings into a burn barrel. âHereâs another mask!â
Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin and state Rep. Dorothy Moon addressed the crowd of more than 100 people, standing behind a lectern on the Capitol steps. Nearby, a banner with the racist phrase âWu Fluâ was draped over a replica Liberty Bell.
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Tanzania’s health ministry has denied claims being circulated on social media that hospitals are overwhelmed with Covid-19 patients.
The ministry’s permanent secretary, Mabula Mchembe, said the public should not spread fear among people.
The government has repeatedly been accused of playing down the threat posed by Covid-19.
Prof Mchembe said that he had visited Mloganzila and Muhimbilia - two major hospitals in the main city Dar es Salaam - and was satisfied that not everyone admitted here is suffering from Covid-19 as said by social media .
His comments came a few days after Health Minister Dorothy Gwajima showed journalists how to make a concoction from onions, ginger, lemons and green peppers, and encouraged the public to take it as a precautionary measure.
Covid-19: Tanzania has no vaccination plan, minister says
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image captionThe WHO has urged the country to consider inoculating its population
Tanzania, which has been criticised for its handling of the pandemic, has no plans to roll out Covid vaccines, the health minister says.
The comments come days after President John Magufuli warned officials against acquiring vaccines saying they could harm people, without giving evidence.
Critics have accused him of playing down the threat posed by the virus.
Millions of people have already been inoculated in many countries after the vaccines were given emergency approval.
Vaccines are rigorously tested in trials involving thousands of people before being assessed by health regulators. They look at all the data on the safety and effectiveness of vaccines before approving them for use on a wider population.