MOROGORO, Feb. 25 -- THE Tanzanian government has ordered the Regional, National Hospital, District Referral Hospitals, and Health Centres to increase the speed of monitoring respiratory diseases as well as other epidemic diseases.

Chief Medical Officer Dr Grace Magembe issued the instructions today, February 25, 2026, in the Morogoro region while speaking to Chief Medical Officers and executives of service centres that monitor respiratory diseases (Sentinel Surveillance Centers).

“We continue to empower more centers in monitoring respiratory diseases, especially early collection of samples and early submission to the National Laboratory, this work is the countrys defense against epidemics and there is no alternative”, said ...