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FILE PHOTO: Tanzania’s new president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, takes oath of office following the death of her predecessor John Magufuli at State House in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania March 19, 2021. REUTERS\/Stringer<\/figcaption>

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Tanzania\u2019s new president Samia Suluhu Hassan on Tuesday drew a line under her predecessor\u2019s controversial stances on COVID-19 and the media, indicating an apparent change in course for the nation after the death of John Magufuli last month.<\/p>\n

Hassan announced she was forming a committee to research whether Tanzania should follow the course taken by the rest of the world against the pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot segregate ourselves like an island, but also we cannot blindly accept what is being brought forward to us (on COVID-19) without carrying out our own investigations and inputs,\u201d she told officials at State House in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam. \u201cLet us have a stance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though she did not announce any other changes related to COVID-19 policies, the remarks stood in firm contrast to the position of Magufuli, who was Africa\u2019s most prominent COVID-19 sceptic. He urged Tanzanians to shun mask-wearing and denounced vaccines as a Western conspiracy, frustrating the World Health Organization. Tanzania stopped reporting coronavirus data last May.<\/p>\n

Hassan also announced that media that had been banned by Magufuli\u2019s government should be allowed to operate. \u201cWe should not ban the media by force. Reopen them, and we should ensure they follow the rules. We should not give them room to say we are shrinking press freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n

Magufuli had suspended or shut down newspapers and websites, jailed journalists and warned them that there were limits to press freedoms.<\/p>\n

In her six years as Magufuli\u2019s deputy, Hassan at times publicly embraced his unorthodox and increasingly authoritarian style.<\/p>\n

Hassan took office on March 19 following the death of Magufuli after a more than two-week absence from public life. She said he died of heart disease, amid rumours during his disappearance that he was ill with COVID-19.<\/p>\n

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