DAR ES SALAAM, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Tanzanian health authorities said on Friday the government will resume giving updates on COVID-19 new cases after it completes technical upgrading of the national health laboratory.
Ummy Mwalimu, the Minister for Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, made the assurance shortly after she had inaugurated a health call center at the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam.
"We have about seven days since we last gave an update of COVID-19 cases because we are upgrading our national health laboratory," a statement by the ministry quoted Mwalimu as saying.
The statement said Mwalimu assured the public that the updates on the viral disease will start to be released in the coming few days after the upgrading of the laboratory is completed.
She urged the public to continue observing preventive and protective guidelines against the pandemic, according to the statement. Enditem
