Tanzania President John Magufuli has come up with a new way of greeting people as a preventive measure to help curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Pictures shared by Tanzania media show President Magufuli exchanging a foot greeting with veteran politician Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad at State House.
The outbreak of coronavirus has now spread to every continent except Antarctica.
On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The deadly virus, which broke out in December 2019 in China’s central city of Wuhan, has since killed more than 3,000 people globally.
Globally, it has infected 89,700 people in 65 countries.
Meanwhile, governments around the world, including Tanzania, have advised people to avoid hugging, kissing and greeting people by hand to prevent the spread of the virus.
Tanzania has not registered any suspected cases, however, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Nigeria and Senegal are the only countries in Africa to report positive cases of the coronavirus.
In a related development, the Tanzania Football Federation has asked football players not to shake hands while playing matches.
In guidelines seen by Ghanaquest.com, the federation prohibited players from shaking hands before the match, which has been the custom across the world.
The players have been asked to instead use sign language as an alternative way.
