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Browsing: Kilimanjaro International Airport
The Tanzanian Ministry of Health has announced the presence of the first case of the coronavirus on Monday, March 16.
The case was found in Northern part of Tanzania, on a female Tanzanian patient, 46-year-old, who arrived in the country on March from Belgium onboard RwandAir plane and landed at Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA) on March 15.
The patient also visited Sweden and Denmark between March 3 and 13, before her return to Tanzania.
Despite Tanzania being prepared with thermal scanners installed in all airports, the patient passed the health checks undetected, as her body temperature was at the normal level, hence—the condition was not detected
According to the minister of health Ummy Mwalimu, the patient was sceptical of her health even after being cleared.
“From what she told me on the phone, while in Belgium, she lived in a home where the owner had suffered from the coronavirus,” the …