Al-Ahly from the World Cup bubble for a country that does not recognize Corona

The Al-Ahly club is preparing for the African Champions League group second-round match when it plays against Simba, Tanzania on Tuesday afternoon at the latter’s stadium.

And Simba Club officially announced the presence of almost 30,000 fans for the team’s match against Al-Ahly, at a time when the world is living in an exceptional environment due to the second wave of the Corona pandemic.

The Al-Ahly club mission is currently in Tanzania, after leaving Cairo on Friday evening, and according to the Red Castle official page, the team performed the official medical examination for the match.

Mohamed Abu Al-Wafa, Egypt’s ambassador to Tanzania, confirmed that the government there always declares the country free from the coronavirus, which explains the large audience in Simba’s African parties.

Speaking to Al-Nahar TV’s “Number One” program, Abu Al-Wafa said: “The government of Tanzania always declares that the country is completely free from the Corona virus, and for this reason there are no restrictions on mass attendance. “

Not long ago, Al-Ahly returned from the Qatari capital, Doha, after participating in the Club World Cup and achieving third place, in a tournament that witnessed strict precautionary measures, and the presence of the delegation in a ” bubble “to avoid contagion. with the Coronavirus.

FIFA punished the duo of Al-Ahly, Mahmoud Abdel-Moneim “Kahraba” and Hussein Al-Shahat, detaining them and preventing them from participating in a match in the Brazilian Al-Miras, and reinforcing their medical isolation, just because they were in the immediate vicinity of the fans and shaking hands with Mohamed Aboutrika, former Al-Ahly star, who was in the stands.

The decision came, although any fan who gets a ticket to attend a FIFA Club World Cup match must have undergone a medical examination and confirmed the negative crown smear, but there were strict medical procedures and warnings to break the ” bubble”.

The Al-Ahly mission, which is currently in Tanzania, must be very careful, since the country there does not recognize the spread of the Corona virus, according to global reports, and does not register or announce infections, so there are no precautionary measures , since people live there normally.

Tanzania has not released any official statistics on the Corona virus since the beginning of last May, and the president of Tanzania, John Magufuli, in the last hours called on Tanzanians to pray and fast to overcome the Corona pandemic.

“We have to turn to the Lord and he will save us, we will not close the country now, since I believe that if we turn to God, (the epidemic) will disappear,” Magufuli said on live TV, indicating that the Lord “is testing us.” .

As published by “Bloomberg News”, on February 12, Tanzania’s main hospitals were filled with patients showing symptoms of coronavirus infection, intensive care units were filled and funeral services became a daily occurrence.

And President John Magufuli declared, amid an unfolding health care crisis, that his country, which is located in East Africa, is free of the “Covid-19” disease.

The president refused to impose any closures, as well as the use of masks (face masks), and also prohibited the publication of infection data, making Tanzania the only country in the world that does not publish such statistics, in addition to North Korea.

The Tanzanian newspaper “Citizen” previously quoted Tanzania’s Health Minister Dorothy Goajima as saying that the country has no plans to import a vaccine to counter the Corona virus.

The newspaper, which is published in the capital Dar es Salaam, quoted the minister as saying that the ministry has its own procedures for receiving drugs and does so only after being satisfied with the product, and that the government’s chief chemist is working in a series of treatments with natural materials.

Following statements by the Tanzanian president, the director of the African Center for Disease Control warned that Tanzania’s refusal to release Covid-19 data and buy vaccines could endanger the entire continent.

“We really don’t understand how (the Covid-19 pandemic) will unfold, and the lack of cooperation … will make it a danger. This virus has no limits, I hope that Tanzania will quickly review its position,” said John Nkengasung. , director of the center, during an online press conference.