"We took samples from papaya, and named it Elizabeth Ann, a 26-year-old female. Results came back positive for coronavirus."

[Mark Crispin Miller]

That line, among others no less troubling, was in a speech by John Magufuli, President 

of Tanzania, on what he called the "dirty game" being played with the coronavirus test-kits 

"imported from abroad," as Reuters puts it:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-tanzania-idUSKBN22F0KF?utm_source=reddit.com

Al Jazeera's coverage:

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/05/japan-backs-coronavirus-drug-moscow-lockdown-live-updates-200508232257831.html

Tanzania's handling of the COVID-19 crisis has been criticized for its secretiveness, and

for the government's refusal to take stringent steps to contain the spread of the disease:

https://www.dw.com/en/tanzania-under-fire-from-who-for-lackluster-response-to-covid-19-pandemic/a-53304699

Thus Magufuli's speech may be a politician's stab at damage control; but it is true that

the coronavirus tests have proven largely worthless, and have apparently been used to 

inflate the numbers of those infected—and especially the numbers of those killed "by

the coronavirus"—as a means of stoking panic: a "dirty game" indeed.

The video is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=bTU5HXyd9gE&feature=emb_logo.

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