Tanzania's Health ministry has announced that inter-denominational prayers will be held on Wednesday, April 22 at Karimjee grounds in Dar es Salaam starting 9 am.
Masses have been urged to attend and pray to God to keep coronavirus out of Tanzania.
The biggest East African nation is one of the few countries that have ignored calls to impose social distancing measures, saw its cases spike by 84 new cases to 254 yesterday, April 20, 2020.
Tanzania has so far registered 10 COVID-19 related deaths and 11 recoveries. Last week, President John Pombe Magufuli declared three days of national prayer from Thursday to defeat coronavirus.
Magufuli has brushed off his critics and insists coronavirus can be defeated with the blood of Jesus. He also called on all Moslems to throng their Mosques and pray to God to kick the 'satanic' coronavirus out of Tanzania.
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