BREAKING: President Finally Dies Of Coronavirus

President Finally Dies Of Coronavirus.

OnyxNews Nigeria reports that 61-year-old Tanzanian President, John Magufuli has died, the country’s Vice President, Samia Suluhu Hassan said in a televised statement on Wednesday.

Tanzanian President, John Magufuli is dead.

Reports said he was last seen in public three weeks ago.

Magufuli, one of the world’s most prominent president who never believed the existence of COVID-19, was widely rumored to be sick with the pandemic virus and, according to some reports, he was taken to neighboring Kenya for treatment. But the government denied these reports, saying as recently that Magufuli was in good health and working as normal.

“Today, March 17th this year, at 6pm, we have lost our courageous leader, President John Magufuli,” Tanzania’s Vice President announced on state broadcaster TBC1.

Hassan said Magufuli died at a hospital in commercial capital Dar es Salaam from “chronic atrial fibrillation, a condition that he has had for more than 10 years.”

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She declared 14 days of national mourning where flags will fly at half mast.

Under Tanzania’s constitution, the 61-year-old Hassan, will become the East African nation’s president and finish the remaining term of the president until 2025 when the next elections will be held.

Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan is set to become the country’s first female president since 1961, the country’s independence from Britain.