Dar es Salaam — University students will return to their respective colleges on June 1, 2020 as the number of Covid-19 cases drops in Tanzania, President John Magufuli announced on Thursday, 21 May 2020.

Speaking at the State House in Dodoma during the swearing-in of Tanzania's ambassadors to Kenya, Algeria and Mozambique as well as the Health deputy minister Godwin Mollel, Dr Magufuli said university students should resume studies on June 1.

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President Magufuli said all sporting events must also start on June 1, 2020.

However, sporting events must start effective June 1, 2020," President Magufuli said.

If you lock someone up in a house, by the time you set him/her free, his/her body immunity will have gone down by up to 30 per cent," said President Magufuli.